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[tvguy]

But what I hear you saying, TV, is that if everyone just raises the price, beyond their cost, in a very short time period, that is alright because now they've reset the minimum level.

I didn't say it's alright. I'm just talking about the nature of the thing.

The way you describe it is price fixing. But it's really not. What we have is a market where the demand is higher than the supply.
Like gasoline. In the summer when people are burning up gas at very high rate the supply goes down and the price goes up.
As soon as people start driving less the supply goes up and the demand goes  down along with the cost.

I know you understand this but you compare high rent to the epi pen event. And that was truly gouging.
The rent situation is REALLY about more renters and not enough landlords. Supply and demand.
You claim everyone just raised the price . They did but they did so based on the market value. From where I sit that's not gouging at all. That's business.