Amazing how people switch their principals regarding free markets when it suits them. Especially rich people. When consumer protection laws are drawn up, they

Amazing how people switch their principals regarding free markets when it suits them. Especially rich people. When consumer protection laws are drawn up, they will be the "end of America". When financial institutions have bankrupted themselves, they "need to be protected". It's "progress" to prevent people from bringing food onto private property so that you can massively overcharge them for unhealthy foods. It's "gouging" to allow others to charge more when demand far exceeds supply in an emergency. I agree that leaning solely on price in all circumstances is a poor way to balance supply and demand. And I don't want anyone to forget how this works when social sacrifices are demanded for "American success" in the future.