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Ed Pipalski: Gives his opinion of Somerset city gas sales By Ed Pipalski Personal commentary The siren song of Governmental Corporatism sounds again and very appealing , but the truth is it a economic system to be distinguished from political system of, wait for it... Fascism. Yes, the "F" word. Free Markets allow consumers to choose to do business elsewhere, out of town for a price; loss of convenience. The cost of convenience is a few pennies more. Another consumer tactic is a Boycott. Imagine had the people of Somerset conducted a boycott of a particular brand of gasoline or only did business with a certain brand for 60-days. Don't you think the gas station across the street without the business would reduce its price to entice consumers to bring back their business? The mortgage, electric and insurance all needed to be paid and fuel with ethanol in it is bio-fuel so it decomposes. A sixty-day boycott would force the retailer to mark it down or let it spoil on the shelf. None of these "Free-Market" approaches were attempted in the City of Somerset. People cried out to government to accept more power over them and the politicians accommodated the requests to be ever so helpful. Now what is the cost to freedom and liberty? Keep in mind a city government has:
Likewise, a "Free and Fair Market" is free from governmental interference with exception to unfair, morally unethical and illegal business practices. We do not need and there has never been successful "State Run Markets" and "State Price Controls". When government lays a heavy hand on commerce, there are always shortages, corruption and human suffering. Currently, just check Venezuela, Cuba or Argentina. How any millions starved to death in Stalin\'s Soviet Union, 22 million was it? No thank you! There are remedies for unfair market practices other than relinquishing our freedom and liberty to government bureaucrats and political privateers!--Ed Pipaplski PS. Alibi - Any entrepreneur can use their own money or seek public funding by being a publicly traded company on a stock exchange to open a retail fuel station that specializes in low prices direct to consumers or operate as a non-profit cooperative. That my friends is the American way! Find a need and fill it! --Edward Pipalski This story was posted on 2014-08-02 17:02:02
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