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Re: Gasoline price gouging
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| David Williams 2007-05-28, 1:25 pm |
| -> The most perfect way to ration is through a natural free market
-> pricing mechanism.
That looks like a statement of religious faith - a piece of dogma
without the slightest trace of rational justification.
During WW2, the British (and, I'm sure, other nationalities) rationed
food, clothes, heating fuel, gasoline, and pretty well everything else.
Everyone received a book of coupons every few weeks, and was allowed to
buy only what they had coupons for. It wasn't exactly pleasant.
Rationing never is. But it worked. Everyone received the necessities of
life, and people who had special needs were accommodated. For much of
the war, most civilians got no gasoline at all. They had to use public
transportation. Only people such as doctors received any gas, and they
were supposed to use it only in connection with their work.
Jacking up prices would not have achieved anything.
dow
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| no spam 2007-05-29, 9:25 am |
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>-> The most perfect way to ration is through a natural free market
> -> pricing mechanism.
>
> That looks like a statement of religious faith - a piece of dogma
> without the slightest trace of rational justification.
>
> During WW2, the British (and, I'm sure, other nationalities) rationed
> food, clothes, heating fuel, gasoline, and pretty well everything else.
> Everyone received a book of coupons every few weeks, and was allowed to
> buy only what they had coupons for. It wasn't exactly pleasant.
> Rationing never is. But it worked. Everyone received the necessities of
> life, and people who had special needs were accommodated. For much of
> the war, most civilians got no gasoline at all. They had to use public
> transportation. Only people such as doctors received any gas, and they
> were supposed to use it only in connection with their work.
>
> Jacking up prices would not have achieved anything.
And there was a thriving black market where those with money could have
almost anything they wanted.
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> dow
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