Saturday, May 15, 2004

My Big Brother is Going to Kick Your A$$

I wasn’t a rumbler in my younger days, though I did, from time to time, tend to raise the ire of some neighborhood bullies when I would interrupt their accosting of some unfortunate individual, who was unable to defend themself adequately, against the bullies’ superior force.  If my words wouldn’t drive the bullies off, I wasn’t afraid of taking a few licks, and giving in return, to set matters right.  Though that wouldn’t happen often, I mean the giving and receiving of blows of violence.

One of the phrases I would hear hollered my way, if I was succesful in driving off bullies, is utilized as the title to this post, and it came to mind this morning when I read the following headline.

“Small gas stations say big companies undercut them on price.”

Classic business bullying lament.  Small company at the mercy of the big company.  Ordinarily, I would have a tendency to side with the small company, but the small companies mentioned in the article, are calling their big brother, the government, to kick the big companies a$$.

“Lawmakers are considering legislation that would effectively end discounts that drop the price of fuel below retailer cost. Small gas retailers call that predatory pricing and want the state to step in with new regulations.

The bill in the House Transportation Committee would also bar retailers like grocery stores from offering gas coupons to drum up sales.”

So effectively, what the government hopes to impose, is, higher gas prices.  “Gas too cheap? Bill would bar discounts, coupons.”

If you can’t play nice, dammit, you’ll play by our force backed rules, so everybody can lose.  Now get in line and quit your whining.

Posted by John Venlet on 05/15 at 06:01 AM
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