Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Chris Buckley Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Three Body Problem Date: 22 Aug 2024 13:55:33 GMT Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <96f3bb30-2134-0d32-a3ec-48f29580be82@example.net> <868869bd-9d31-8c30-9795-0fcc476e4607@example.net> X-Trace: individual.net 2xUbYwzQgP9SNQUsLud7VQ2VKwFhcoVLQL/z/UC0+8SfvD+ACF Cancel-Lock: sha1:vg1RXxgSx8hA3MktxYI15wmhVX8= sha256:cGUfcROa6aEHgNjRkqtSw2DU6Ss0juO0/k/PRD8AmYo= User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Bytes: 2176 On 2024-08-22, Dimensional Traveler wrote: > On 8/21/2024 2:50 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 8/21/2024 7:35 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote: >>> 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. >> > You failed to notice that happening under Trump obviously. And?? I am still awaiting even a single citation to the appropriate numerous studies proving price gouging by supermarkets that you claimed existed. Chris