On Dec 22, 6:54*pm, "Walter R." wrote:
In real life there is no such thing as "plain greed, price gouging or
illegal price fixing". These are just slogans cooked up by smart
politicians for their dumb constituents. If you were in the business of
selling paint thinner, how much would you sell your product for if you had
customers waiting to buy? $ 2? or $ 8? Ah, you are a price-gouger, too?

I agree with you 99%, except that the government can impose price
fixing, and institute monopoly powers, like in the case of the USPS.
Of course, technically it's not illegal since it's got the
government's stamp of approval.