<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">3: No matter HOW you slice it, 9.9 billion in PROFIT is disgusting considering what the country has been enduring over the past year. These companies have profiteered on the back of national disaters to an unprecedented extent and if the current administration doesn't take some action, we may end up with a Democrat controlled government sooner than later....
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Just out of curiosity, when did high profits become "disgusting" in a Capitalist country? What business are you in? Do you not want to make maximum profits? When you sold your last house, did you not charge the maximum that the market would bear? Were you gouging? After all, there is a shortage of affordable housing in the US today. Should the government have stepped in and forced you to sell your house for less?
We've gotta be careful here. We've gotta be consistent and intellectually honest. Are we Capitalists or are we not? Do we, as consumers, have any right to dictate, through our government, retail prices to a business? If we decide we do, watch out. The legislators will take that permission and run with it - and we ALL will suffer, no matter what business we are in.
Just my 2 cents - which is all I have left after filling my rig this morning...
Sean