Yes, what’s covered by price gouging would likely expand.
Politicians who want to balance the budget will find it easier to argue to expand the revenue through expanding what’s covered under price gouging than to raise income or sales taxes. Opposition to the proposal would also be harder than to oppose what’s currently covered as evil socialist price setting by the government.
Yes, what’s covered by price gouging would likely expand.
Politicians who want to balance the budget will find it easier to argue to expand the revenue through expanding what’s covered under price gouging than to raise income or sales taxes. Opposition to the proposal would also be harder than to oppose what’s currently covered as evil socialist price setting by the government.
I’d be happy to give you good odds on, conditional on this policy being enacted, it not expanding to comprise more than 0.1% of total US taxation.