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Originally Posted by MathGeek
So, let me get this straight. If I buy gold or silver or land or stock in microsoft or google or yahoo, and I sell it sometime later for 10x to 100x what I bought it for, I am a wise and shrewd investor.
But if I buy ammunition or water or food and I sell it sometime later for 10x to 100x what I bought it for, that makes me evil or greedy?
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Good point. I have debated many times about so called "price gauging" after natural disaters and such. Granted I believe that a store owner selling gas for $10 a gallon after a hurricane is a POS. That being said, the fuel in his tanks are his property and he should be able to sell it for whatever he wants. The guvment shouldnt be stepping in and telling him what price he has to place on the sale of his own property. If you dont want to pay his price dont buy his gas. Its pretty simple. Chance favors the prepared mind.