Hello folks,
In today's news a gas station owner in Wisconsin was offering senior citizens a 2 cent per gallon price break and discount cards that let sports boosters pay 3 cents less per gallon. You can read about the article here
Sounds good right? A guy helping out local sports teams and giving senior citizens a break. I mean, nothing huge, what's 2 cents off when the price of a gallon of gas is around $3.40? But a nice gesture.
Well the government doesn't see it that way. Apparently the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says those deals violate Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act, which requires stations to sell gas for about 9.2 percent more than the wholesale price.
What's that folks.... multiple businesses setting fixed prices? When private companies do this it's called PRICE FIXING but I guess when the government does this it's THE LAW! Free market society my ass.
The government setting our gas prices... NOT Tomland Approved!
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