Re: Welcome to North Korea


Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> Following Hawaii's lead, lawmakers in the rest of the country are
> being pressured to put a cap on gasoline prices. Not only is this
> flying in the face of the who capitalist market-based economic system,
> but if gas prices are kept artificially low what incentive will the
> avergae SUV-driving moron have to conserve? What incentive will
> business have to develop alternative fuels? All price caps will do is
> increase our dependence on foreign oil.

Conservation would be the least of our problems with price caps.
Nobody will sell a product in which they lose money on. Therefore,
there wouldn't be any gas at the stations.

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