what is excessive, and what is not.  You?  Pardon my french, but who da f*ck died and made you God?  People are still waiting for your answer.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/harris-economic-plan-proposes-to-fix-price-gouging-and-go-after-excessive-profits-but-what-defines-this/ar-AA1pd3gF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=93c84b372de5413a85f1be8e7a898f7f&ei=54

There's only one way to guarantee equal outcomes for everyone and that is to murder us all, which is why communist regimes always end up looking like this

please prove that Project 2025 is Trump's...

Trump's Project 2025 .. that is excessive. When inflation is 20% and you raise prices 200% and blame inflation and hurt consumers. That's excessive. When syndicates manipulate housing markets.. in order to inflate rent. That is excessive. When they don't want to pay taxes on those ill gotten gains .. that is excessive. Selling water for $50 a gallon after a disaster is excessive.

i sure hope that studying for the FINRA exams taught you that all those things you listed are crimes punishable by law
there's a simpler solution to end those crimes than price fixing...

Trump's Project 2025 .. that is excessive. When inflation is 20% and you raise prices 200% and blame inflation and hurt consumers. That's excessive. When syndicates manipulate housing markets.. in order to inflate rent. That is excessive. When they don't want to pay taxes on those ill gotten gains .. that is excessive. Selling water for $50 a gallon after a disaster is excessive.

Trump's Project 2025 .. that is excessive. When inflation is 20% and you raise prices 200% and blame inflation and hurt consumers. That's excessive. When syndicates manipulate housing markets.. in order to inflate rent. That is excessive. When they don't want to pay taxes on those ill gotten gains .. that is excessive. Selling water for $50 a gallon after a disaster is excessive.

So maybe you can answer for kamala.  Because right now she is all talk but no walk.  How is she going to implement her plan if she becomes president?

And answer macsak's question.  Prove project 2025 is Trump's project.

Here's another question for kamala.  Bet she won't answer.  She won't.

But an interesting look at who she is.

Trump's Project 2025 .. that is excessive. When inflation is 20% and you raise prices 200% and blame inflation and hurt consumers. That's excessive. When syndicates manipulate housing markets.. in order to inflate rent. That is excessive. When they don't want to pay taxes on those ill gotten gains .. that is excessive. Selling water for $50 a gallon after a disaster is excessive.

You've posted this numerous times.  And yet have to prove it's Trumps or the GOP's project.  Guess you're wrong since you have no proof, like usual.

Trump's Project 2025 .. that is excessive. When inflation is 20% and you raise prices 200% and blame inflation and hurt consumers. That's excessive. When syndicates manipulate housing markets.. in order to inflate rent. That is excessive. When they don't want to pay taxes on those ill gotten gains .. that is excessive. Selling water for $50 a gallon after a disaster is excessive.

Please show the legal definition of "excessive" when it comes to profits or prices.

Also, show where price gouging has any context in reality OTHER THAN after a disaster.  Nobody has ever advocated for excessive price increases after a disaster, however, if you bothered to watch the very good video I posted, you'll know that there is a social benefit to local stores raising prices on necessities in a disaster area.  Of the ones I can recall:

1.  higher prices prevent customers from "stocking up" or hoarding as much as they can afford, leaving those scarce goods available for others in need;
2.  higher prices will cause suppliers in other areas to divert product to the disaster areas, as the costs are being covered by higher prices as well as the potential for slightly higher profits.  They know they can sell in that area whereas the product may sit in stock at other areas' retailers;
3.  people working in those stores are assured of a paycheck as the stores can afford repairs on their own buildings, transportation costs to resupply scare goods, and time off to give people time to tend to their individual situations.

While everyone would love for the government to rush in with truckloads of free water, food, generators, chainsaws, plywood, lumber, plastic sheeting, tarps, medicine, and so on, that's not government's function.  somebody has to create those products in sufficient amounts, and if a plant increases production, workers have to be hired or paid overtime.

No such thing as a free lunch.

Please show the legal definition of "excessive" when it comes to profits or prices.

Also, show where price gouging has any context in reality OTHER THAN after a disaster.  Nobody has ever advocated for excessive price increases after a disaster, however, if you bothered to watch the very good video I posted, you'll know that there is a social benefit to local stores raising prices on necessities in a disaster area.  Of the ones I can recall:

1.  higher prices prevent customers from "stocking up" or hoarding as much as they can afford, leaving those scarce goods available for others in need;
2.  higher prices will cause suppliers in other areas to divert product to the disaster areas, as the costs are being covered by higher prices as well as the potential for slightly higher profits.  They know they can sell in that area whereas the product may sit in stock at other areas' retailers;
3.  people working in those stores are assured of a paycheck as the stores can afford repairs on their own buildings, transportation costs to resupply scare goods, and time off to give people time to tend to their individual situations.

While everyone would love for the government to rush in with truckloads of free water, food, generators, chainsaws, plywood, lumber, plastic sheeting, tarps, medicine, and so on, that's not government's function.  somebody has to create those products in sufficient amounts, and if a plant increases production, workers have to be hired or paid overtime.

No such thing as a free lunch.

Some years ago, Daiei was on the news cause they raised their bottle water prices big time when a hurricane was coming or something.  They said they had to pay extra to expedite the shipment to their store, so that cost was pushed onto the customer.

Some years ago, Daiei was on the news cause they raised their bottle water prices big time when a hurricane was coming or something.  They said they had to pay extra to expedite the shipment to their store, so that cost was pushed onto the customer.

I was talking to a Customer Service Rep at Costco when i returned some furniture.  I asked about returns around the time a strong storm is predicted to hit the islands.

Costco got tired of the cheapskate last-minute "preppers" who ran to the store in the week a hurricane was heading here, bought up the generators, bottled water, tarps, toilet paper, and other 'disaster prep' products, only to return everything after the danger passed.

Costco was basically allowing people to prep for free.  If the storm hit, they were prepared.  If nothing happened, everything is refundable.  in the meantime, people showing up closer to the storm's arrival found Costco out of almost everything, including generators.

Costco now has a "no refund policy" they implement on a case-by-case basis when a storm is coming.  It's only applied at certain times and includes specific preparedness items.  They can also implement limits on those items to allow everyone to have a chance to buy.

it is illegal...

How would you like it if Costco multiplied prices by  10 just prior to or immediately after a disaster? Some companies do that and it should be illegal. Unregulated free markets are bad unless you also want to deregulate the judgement amounts awarded by juries against companies that cause harm.

How would you like it if Costco multiplied prices by  10 just prior to or immediately after a disaster? Some companies do that and it should be illegal. Unregulated free markets are bad unless you also want to deregulate the judgement amounts awarded by juries against companies that cause harm.

People who are not ignorant of this topic already know, there are price gouging laws that vary by state.

Hawaii:
-- "Any increase in the selling price of any commodity" after a state of emergency

-- Landlords may not terminate tenancy for residential dwellings in an area subject to
   a severe weather warning or emergency declaration

-- Look-back period of immediately before the declaration or weather event warning

-- Civil penalty between $500 and $10,000 per violation

There's nothing in the law preventing price increases prior to a state of emergency declaration.  Declarations can take place well before the disaster strikes depending on predicted damage and timeframe.

https://www.findlaw.com/consumer/consumer-transactions/price-gouging-laws-by-state.html