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[–] AzPsycho@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Republicans I know: "Gas is too high and it's Bidens fault!"

Me: "Actually, 203 Republicans voted against a bill to stop predatory gas prices and 0 voted to support it."

Republicans I know: "Cause it's too expensive to enforce. We all know it's another govt law to hold over us."

Fucking idiots.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not saying this bill was a price cap, but, price caps and other forms of price control don't exactly have a good record of working instead of creating scarcity, hoarding, and aftermarket sales.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They sometimes do those things except hoarding. It is 100% capitalism thing.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Grain hoarding happened in the USSR.

[–] LiquidAurum@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh yeah price cap. I'm sure that would've solved all our problems

[–] BigNote@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

It wasn't a price cap. It was about gouging during natural disasters like hurricanes.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It does in Europe