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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 115751" data-source="post: 2110024"><p>Price gouging and price fixing is not capitalism. Free markets only work properly when there is sufficient competition to send all the proper signals as to what something is worth. When a vendor tries to exploit dislocations in a market caused by the supply chain disruptions or when multiple vendors coordinate their activities to artificially raise prices then what you have left is not free market capitalism but the wanton exploitation of consumers. This is illegal and should be prosecuted. Don't confuse capitalism with unbridled greed and avarice. What we are seeing in the marketplace now is the latter. The ammunition makers have a vested interest in keeping the present situation going for as long as possible because it benefits their bottom line. Moreover, they are being pushed by wall street traders-who own their stocks-to raise profit margins and increase quarterly dividends. If they fail to meet expectations they get punished with a run on their companies stock. FYI....most corporate CEO's receive the largest portion of their compensation in company stock. You hurt the price of that stock and it directly hurts the CEO's pocket book. This arrangement is by design to align the interest of the corporate decision makers with those of the investors most of whom are only interested in short term profits!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 115751, post: 2110024"] Price gouging and price fixing is not capitalism. Free markets only work properly when there is sufficient competition to send all the proper signals as to what something is worth. When a vendor tries to exploit dislocations in a market caused by the supply chain disruptions or when multiple vendors coordinate their activities to artificially raise prices then what you have left is not free market capitalism but the wanton exploitation of consumers. This is illegal and should be prosecuted. Don't confuse capitalism with unbridled greed and avarice. What we are seeing in the marketplace now is the latter. The ammunition makers have a vested interest in keeping the present situation going for as long as possible because it benefits their bottom line. Moreover, they are being pushed by wall street traders-who own their stocks-to raise profit margins and increase quarterly dividends. If they fail to meet expectations they get punished with a run on their companies stock. FYI....most corporate CEO's receive the largest portion of their compensation in company stock. You hurt the price of that stock and it directly hurts the CEO's pocket book. This arrangement is by design to align the interest of the corporate decision makers with those of the investors most of whom are only interested in short term profits! [/QUOTE]
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