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There’s so much blaming the government about the prices of goods and services (except illegal fireworks); it is time to remind all Hawaii consumers of this homily, “The market will always charge what the traffic will bear.”
If one needs that explained, then here goes: Sellers of goods and services will charge what they have learned you will pay regardless of your circumstances. So prices rarely decrease unless folks stop buying.
Leigh Prentiss
Kailua
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