Port Arthur
Elderly patients, many of them bedridden, are rescued from Gulf Health care centre which was left with nearly a foot of water in the lobby after Hurricane Harvey
Houston
Floodwaters fill the road running through the Lakes On Eldridge North subdivision after Tropical Storm Harvey
Smart move building the expensive houses up on man made hills
Smart move building the expensive houses up on man made hills
For that matter, conservatives really need to stop complaining about the cost of drinking water and other such items spiking in cost 20 to 100 fold. That's the free market at work people! Capitalism. Supply and demand.
For that matter, conservatives really need to stop complaining about the cost of drinking water and other such items spiking in cost 20 to 100 fold. That's the free market at work people! Capitalism. Supply and demand.
- Selling or leasing fuel, food, medicine or another necessity at an exorbitant or excessive price; or
- Demanding an exorbitant or excessive price in connection with the sale or lease of fuel, food, medicine or another necessity.
Of course there are laws against it, even in Texas. Yet many Texans that surely appreciate these protections are often the most vocal in opposing government interference and business regulation.Stop being a troll. Free market is one thing but to jack up prices of critical items in time of need/disaster is not right and illegal.
Do you know there are laws against excessive price gouging in Texas? Do you?
Read this and educate yourself - https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cpd/price-gouging
Of course there are laws against it, even in Texas. Yet many Texans that surely appreciate these protections are often the most vocal in opposing government interference and business regulation.
From what I've heard from people on the ground is that government has thus far been largely ineffective compared to the volunteers, both in rescuing people and providing for them. Looting and such happening and now the police are threatening arrest for those carrying long guns.... which it is legal in Texas to open carry long guns....
Stop being a troll. Free market is one thing but to jack up prices of critical items in time of need/disaster is not right and illegal.
Do you know there are laws against excessive price gouging in Texas? Do you?
Read this and educate yourself - https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/cpd/price-gouging
IIRC, there were more than a few instances of price gouging in Northeast area during Sandy - http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/..._over_alleged_price_gouging_during_sandy.html
Uncontrollable greed is the problem everywhere, not the size of the government/numbers of regulations/laws.
...and yet you voted for Trump, to increase the size of government, to create more theft.
good job.