Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Three Body Problem Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:07:15 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <96f3bb30-2134-0d32-a3ec-48f29580be82@example.net> <868869bd-9d31-8c30-9795-0fcc476e4607@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 04:07:16 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d7293c11b468a7ffe7db6137430d85b2"; logging-data="811262"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/6fze6mYUZLA2Qb/Sx7ruM7o/WQGmX7JU=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:O/+F+HWdrmgMWkrCvbhcCGw0SqQ= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4490 On 8/21/2024 5:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: > On 8/21/2024 7:35 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote: >> On 8/21/2024 3:02 AM, D wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 20 Aug 2024, Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> >>>> D writes: >>>>>  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable >>>>> text, >>>>>  while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware >>>>> tools. >>>> >>>> Please don't use MIME on usenet. >>>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Aug 2024, Lynn McGuire wrote: >>>> >>>>>>>>>> "On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris said she has a >>>>>>>>>> solution: a federal >>>>>>>>>> ban on price gouging across the food industry." >>>> >>>>>> Which also has /nothing/ to do with "freezing food prices and making >>>>>> grocery stores report any changes in their prices". >>>>>> >>>>>>> You are incorrect. I was also commenting on Lynn, please stick to >>>>>>> that. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am correct. Please stick to the topic and stop trying to help Lynn >>>>>> escape the consequences of his TPPT addiction. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No Paul, you are wrong here. Any common sense interpretation of >>>>> that text >>>>> makes it obvious that Lynn is right and you are wrong. >>>> >>>> Paul is correct.   A ban on price gouging is _not_ the same as >>>> price controls. >>>> >>>> One might even go so far as suggesting that the inability of the >>>> federal government to enforce the anti-trust laws have increased >>>> the frequency of price gouging.  Particularly in the grocery >>>> industry which has overly consolidated over since 1980. >>>> >>> >>> You are incorrect. Let's have a look at the definitions: >>> >>> Price control: >>> >>> "Restriction on maximum prices that is established and maintained by >>> the government (as during periods of war or inflation)." >>> >>> Price gouging: >>> >>> "The act of or an instance of charging services or pricing goods at >>> unreasonably high prices." >>> >>> wordnik.com >>> >>> If I, as a company, cannot set my prices freely, my price is >>> controlled. Price control means that the government restrict the >>> ability of business to control its price. >> >> We really don't know the details of Harris's plan, so speculation is >> speculative. >> >> If you, as a company, take advantage of a temporary situation to raise >> your profit margin on say, a bottle of water from 100% to 1000% due >> to being in a hurricane zone, that's gouging. >> >> Again, we're in the dark about what Harris is actually proposing. >> I'm very skeptical over price controls, but we need to find out what she >> is actually thinking. >> >> pt > > We will know when the grocery store shelves start going empty. That would be a clue, yes. Lets hope the policy doesn't lead to that. Neither of us actually know what her plan entails. pt