re: Price gouging in a temporary supply crunch like the Colonial situation should be allowed

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buddy those rising prices prevent shortages

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Then explain the current lumber prices

The cutters are getting paid the same
The haulers are being paid the same
Southern states are eliminating pandemic orders
Yet the logs are just piling up at the mills
So there IS NO EXPLANABLE SHORTAGE

Yet the prices are sky high, because the mills refuse to operate
Most of these mills are Canadian owned
Canada is pissed at Trump for the tariffs
So they created a fake shortage. Created to jack up prices, not to control supply and demand

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In the US South, another area abundant with timber, the problem is sort of the opposite. “They have a glut of timber,” Jalbert said. Until the region has enough sawmill capacity to turn that timber into lumber, however, production will remain slower than it could be.

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