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The Free Market, price of gas, class warfare or socialism?

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Old 02-04-2008, 10:51 AM   #1
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Re: The Free Market, price of gas, class warfare or socialism?

Price controls simply do not work. They are a utopian idea that empirically always cause havoc and almost always make the situation worse for those that the price control is supposed to help.
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Old 02-05-2008, 08:57 PM   #2
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Re: The Free Market, price of gas, class warfare or socialism?

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Price controls simply do not work. They are a utopian idea that empirically always cause havoc and almost always make the situation worse for those that the price control is supposed to help.
I agree. Out of everybody (off this board) that I have spoken with, nobody believes this is a good idea. And I've spoken to both staunch Republicans and Democrats.
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