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Posted by HVAC on February 3, 2009, 1:10 pm
> Some idiot in the legislature has decreed that people are
> not allowed to charge more during times of emergency.
Ya. It's called profiteering.
Do it during a state emergency/martial law,
and you could potentially be shot by law
enforcement.... Or maybe even ME.
As a
> result, there is no profit motive to buy a generator, or
> drive to work when it's an ice storm. This is yet one more
> example of your government making your life miserable with
> regulations they declare are for "fairness". Now, somehow we
> have a President whose campaign was based on change, hope,
> and fairness. Please expect a LOT more outages, shortages,
> and unemployment and misery. Oh, and it will all be sold
> under "fairness".
> The other effect is to reduce the freedoms of the American
> consumer. Suppose it's bitter cold, and you really want to
> gas up your generator. You go out to find a gas station.
> You'd be happy to pay five bucks a galon for gasoline, and
> you really appreciate the guys who are there at the gas
> station, in the cold and snow. A couple extra bucks isn't a
> bad thing. For all the work and hazzard they endure. But,
> they are legally not allowed to charge a market based price
> for gasoline. So what do they do? They close shop, and go
> home. Before the legislation, you didn't have to buy five
> dollar gasoline. Just don't buy it, if you don't want to.
> Now, you don't even have the choice to buy five dollar
> gasoline even if you want to. Land of the unfree, and the
> home of the whiners who demand governemnt "do something".
> Well government did, and now you don't like it. It's done
> now. You're out of choices.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> www.lds.org
> .
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> that Friday, FEMA was collecting equipment, and transporting
> it to distribution points near the affected area. However,
> after three or four days of no power, you could get kind of
> cold.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> www.lds.org
> .