cross-posted from: https://jorts.horse/users/fathermcgruder/statuses/113008342518705813
Instead of price controls to prevent gouging, why doesn’t the government build up reserves and stockpiles?
We do the opposite we pay farmers not to grow to keep prices higher.
Most things today are shipped JIT Just In Time.
Walmart doesn’t have tons of stuff “in back”. Most stores these days don’t have a back. They have only enough to stock what was sold since the last truck.
So as others have said; stock what? Everything? And where would we keep it? Yes like the strategic oil reserves; we could have baby formula; hamburger, diapers, and powdered milk… but it is way easier to slap idiots who price gouge.
I volunteer to hold the strategic baby back rib reserve….
And reported… to the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
In some seriousness, moves that bold haven’t been done since Nixon.