Your governor apparently doesn't understand supply and demand.
Supply and demand should not allow people to gouge for a commodity.It keeps that from happening.
If someone tries to "gouge" it might be because it's suddenly much more expensive to truck the gas into the area and the actual price of the gas is affected. Or, if a gas station is just trying to take advantage of the situation the gas station down the street could sell gas at the regular price and get all the business, this would force the gas station to lower it's prices again if it wanted to make any money.
Apparently, the governor of NC also keeps it from happening.
And he may also keep the gas stations from making any money if indeed it costs more for them to truck in the gas. Is it fair that the gas stations are forced to subsidize the gas for the locals? Shouldn't they pay for the gas they use?
That's not how the law works.
Help! Mushtang's hounding me!
Alright, I live in Raleigh, NC and the way the price gouging law works is this. The PROFIT MARGIN of the station cannot be any higher than the highest profit margin during the last six weeks once the gouging law is enacted. Therefore should it cost more to truck in the supplies, the price goes up with it. The governor is by NO MEANS preventing the station from making money.