Forum Post: The rich get richer, the poor get poorer
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 3:59 a.m. EST by nated1
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from Auburn, AL
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Companies raise prices just because they can. As for gas prices, a hurricane can be far away and usually don't do damage but gas prices are raised and they have'nt even got here. Price raises should be validated and gouging unlawful instead of legal robbery.
Prices should not be regulated by the government, or any other institution.
Government should not be regulated by monopolistic private industries.
Take the complete crushing of single payer healthcare at the hands of Big Health Uninsurance, because Big Health Uninsurance was afraid of a competitor that would actually force them to offer a quality product for the consumer. To add insult to injury, they gave themselves a huge subsidy called Obamacare.
Take the monopolistic actions of our drug companies, who used regulation in their favor to prevent us from buying cheaper and sometimes needed drugs abroad.
Take the crushing of OSHA by the beef and poultry industries by both Bush and Clinton. We all know what happened - a lot of people either got sick or died and for a while it was a very hot topic. "Cook your meat! COOK IT!"
If you want us to stay out of your business, stay out of our government if you're not willing to play by any sort of rules.