"As an attorney, I cannot advise clients to ignore laws, even bad laws such
as 'price gouging' laws. As a libertarian, I can damn the media for reporting
the government's '1-800-narc' number to snitch to the government against
free market economics. The media should drop the 800 number and stop being
mindless mouthpieces for our police state. The media should show more respect
to the public." Here's how: http://rexcurry.net/gouging.html
"As an attorney, I am asked if laws against 'price gouging' are wise (or
constitutional). Laws against price gouging have rarely been litigated,
because the laws are almost impossible to enforce (and that is good).
The extent to which anti-gouging laws are enforced is the extent to which
the laws cause hoarding, shortages, poverty, misery and even mass death.
Laws offer various ways for free people to sell their property freely,
and to charge whatever they wish, whenever they wish." The following
issues provide areas to examine. http://rexcurry.net/gouginglaws.html
One of the first "media debate" dares occurred when Rex
Curry publicly issued a standing challenge to newspaper columnist Daniel
Ruth, and members of other political groups or media outlets, to debate Ruth's
column in which Ruth condemned economic freedom (what Ruth calls "price gouging").
The response against Ruth from the general public was so great that Ruth
said he was labeled a "Dork, anti-free market statist $#@%!&@, Dummkopf,
liberal, daffy, dolt, stupid, dunce and, oh by the way, socialist." In a
second column Ruth, humiliated by Curry's debate dare, would not debate and
issued a public apology to Curry regarding Ruth's earlier column. http://rexcurry.net/Ruth.html
Attorney Rex Curry was the
first to use the phrases "price gouging is beneficial" and "price gouging
is great" and "price gouging is good" and "price gouging is beneficent"
in a sincere positive manner. A recent search of the web and newsgroups
for those phrases revealed either no results, or results that used the phrases
in a derogatory manner, and almost no instances of positive advocacy of price
gouging. It is more proof that government schools must end. The
phrase "government schools must end" was also first used by Attorney Rex Curry.
An on-topic issue from Hurricane Katrina for criminal
defense lawyers is defending people who are charged with the bogus crime
of "price gouging" and fighting against anti-gouging laws that cause shortages and misery and death.
Another Bush, perhaps your future president, asks snitches
to tattle on "price gougers" over a toll-free hotline. True price gouging
is what the persecutors in Florida's government do 24/7 with their taxes,
spending, debt and police-state behavior. Because of "price gouging" laws,
Florida's government (and Louisiana's government etc) kills people and causes
widespread shortages and suffering. Florida's Attorney General Charlie Crist
(the same one that is trying to overturn the drug-dog case below) and Consumer
Services Commissioner Charles Bronson duel for their media cheerleaders to
see who is the biggest ignoramus and scam-artist on the topic. They both
show that the government is a lost cause for liberty. In fact, they are aggressive
EVIL against liberty. Their people outspend Clinton by double (in social
spending alone). Crist wants to be the next of Florida's statist governors.
Thank goodness that captalism provides so many ways to
defeat them and their incredibly deadly dogma. Violations can net $10,000
fines each, and that is true price gouging and the real scam. Thus, beneficent
price-increases (slandered as "price gouging") are banned so that political
whores can commit true price-gouging and harm everyone by giving government
more money for more violence. Rumor has it that the telephone hotline receives
complaints against "price gouging" laws and complaints against the true price
gouging scam: Taxes, fines, and the police state.
The government and its insane laws are causing poverty, shortages and hoarding. It could worsen.
Florida's Governor shows his stupidity by speaking against "hoarding."
Hoarding becomes wiser where laws ban "price-gouging," as in Florida.
I would have gladly paid $5 a bag for ice instead of throwing out the $90
worth of food these idiotic marxist anti-gouging laws forced me to throw out. -Rick
G.
"Price Gouging": a concept that only a politician, journalist or other short-sighted economic illiterate could coin.
"If a government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, within five years
they'd have a shortage of sand." - Dr. Milton Friedman
"The proverb warns that 'You should not bite the hand that feeds you.' But
maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself." - Thomas Szasz