Comment Re:Unintended consequences (Score 1) 105
Keep your system and talk all the shit you want. I'll take double the pay.
I don't think there is an immigration "problem", and I do not understand nearly any of the MAGA talking points.
Have you tried? Have you looked at the immigration charts? Do you really think millions per year is what is normal and sustainable? Did you not understand Obama when he wasn't allowing millions in? This isn't a "MAGA" position, this is the position of a good majority of people. Even sanctuary cities are starting to not be so loud about defending illegal immigration. The inability to understand others implies a lack of empathy, ignorance, or lack of intelligence. Which is it with you?
But why is, "charge as much as the market will bear" acceptable? What is wrong with believing in a reasonable cap on profiting so that other people have more of their own resources remaining to do other things with?
That's another topic. You are saying you don't want Target to be able to change pricing without approval and that isn't the current state of affairs, so not really relevant.
To answer your question, basic economics as outlined and described by almost every serious economist ever says that price controls never work.
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