Archived Best Buy apologizes after Texas store charges $42 for cases of water (mashable.com)
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Archived Best Buy apologizes after Texas store charges $42 for cases of water (mashable.com)
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[–] [deleted] 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago (edited ago)
[–] 1812-was-not-a-tie 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The key is that when a good is scarce, some sort of rationing will take place.
Once you look at it from that point of view, the question becomes what sort of rationing is preferred. You may want to have rationing be loving, caring, and fair, like in a happy family, but that doesn't work for nations (see: communism). If instead you allow prices to respect the laws of supply and demand, that has the beautiful side-effect that it creates economic incentives to help.
Hell if the prices get high enough, I'll be driving in water from up here, 2,000 miles away. I'm not a heartless profiteer, I just have my own busy life that I can't put on hold. Unless the price is right.
[–] Anson 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
@alopix loves socialism, talk to him. although now that trump has picked up steam he's denying he had anything to do with bernie sanders
[–] daskapitalist 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
It's all about outcomes. Donated water is free. Water sold at a markup is plentiful. When you're suffering a disaster, running out of essentials is far worse than paying a few extra shekels.
[–] Anson 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
you're talking to people who want everything for free.
Sure, there should be some sort of aide like that on the way, but like you said, what's the incentive? even fags like the socialist you're talking to do not do things without an incentive... they're just full of shit