With winter storms battering states from Texas to New York, officials are warning locals - and local businesses - against price gouging.
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Welcome to Friday, February 19th, umbrellas and raincoats...
With winter storms battering states from Texas to New York, officials are warning locals - and local businesses - against price gouging.
A majority of states have laws against increasing prices during federal emergencies. But should they? If you support a free-market system, why shouldn’t businesses be allowed to charge whatever price consumers are willing to pay?
Reason recently ran a piece headlined "Why Price Gouging Laws Are a Bad Idea" where John Stossel wrote:
"What politicians call 'gouging' is just supply and demand. Prices rise and fall all the time."
So...
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** Reparations for Black Americans
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House Democrats recently held a committee hearing on a bill that would establish a commission to explore proposals for providing African-Americans with reparations for slavery.
The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties heard testimony from a panel of witnesses on the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act ([link removed]) .
The bill would establish a 13-member commission to examine slavery and discrimination in the original colonies and in the U.S. to the present day, lingering negative effects of slavery on living African-Americans and society, and recommend appropriate remedies. The commission would be funded with $12 million to carry out its research.
The legislation has been introduced in each Congress since 1989, and while House Democrats held a hearing on it during the last Congress on Juneteenth, they did not vote on the bill in committee or on the floor.
Should a commission examine ways to provide reparations to Black Americans? ([link removed])
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** The Rock 2024
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Can you smell what The Rock is...legislating? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, the former wrestler-turned movie star, told USA Today that he would consider a presidential run.
Do you want to see The Rock on your ballot? ([link removed])
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** And, In The End...
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On this date in 1985, the world tasted "the first major entry into a whole new category: cherry-flavored sodas."
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It's also National Tartar Sauce Day, but I would not recommend combining the two,
—Josh Herman
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