12-05-2015, 03:23 PM
(12-05-2015, 12:45 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: No, you clearly don't understand capitalism. Price gouging and discriminatory rates don't happen with free and open markets - it is not sustainable without limits to competition, such as regulation. And, no, I'm not saying all regulation is bad.
The entire, basic foundation of free markets is that politicians and corporations do not and cannot extract rents from consumers.
Companies charge as much as they can where they can for as long as they can to make as much profit as possible. What's not to understand?
The pharmaceutical companies aren't forced to charge exorbantant amounts in the US for the same medications they charge less for in other countries. They choose to charge the exorbantant amounts. And look at you trying to blame someone . . . anyone . . . other than the company doing the price gouging.
