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Andy Phitsnoukanh, logistics analyst, loads a box of paper towels onto a pallet of food and supplies at the Associated Foods Stores distribution warehouse in Farr West, Weber County, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill, SB74, that would repeal the state’s law against price gouging.
Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
Basic principles of supply and demand, the bedrock of American free enterprise, tend to be no match for emotional arguments.
That’s a pity.
It was especially a pity last week when Utah’s Senate Business and Labor Committee held off voting on a bill, SB74, that would have repealed the state’s law against price gouging. The bill isn’t dead. The committee just set it aside. Its sponsor, Sen. Jake Anderegg, R-Lehi, says he hopes it will remain a part of the discussion going forward, whatever that means.