{"id":131309,"date":"2016-08-19T06:15:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/huzzah-for-the-freedom-to-price-gouge.html"},"modified":"2016-08-19T06:15:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T12:15:48","slug":"huzzah-for-the-freedom-to-price-gouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/huzzah-for-the-freedom-to-price-gouge.html","title":{"rendered":"Huzzah for the Freedom to Price Gouge!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monopoly, meet captive market. I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll make beautiful profits together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/epipen-price-hike-has-parents-kids-allergies-scrambling-ahead-school-n633071'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/fXdVO5viUuyaVo1Xad05GdmC-xCPA4xJ1pq-5wWnCCtFA0mM0MPxst51XQf6cF_IVA7_-vCkJ64EkRyhJfttnMaU1IcGhwigjFC-r3fseZSaKdsESoZblINX7L-Oi1A8MeP0dSRCmEI28WaXztQI7bkXhxm5_QB56bU5kLunjW8G6uTMKiCUsCeVyA0m_Qwu6T809S8=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/epipen-price-hike-has-parents-kids-allergies-scrambling-ahead-school-n633071'>EpiPen&#8217;s 400 Percent Price Hike Has Parents Scrambling<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe cost of saving your child&#8217;s life has gotten a lot more expensive.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/dTHwAj8Pj8o'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monopoly, meet captive market. I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll make beautiful profits together. EpiPen&#8217;s 400 Percent Price Hike Has Parents Scrambling The cost of saving your child&#8217;s life has gotten a lot more expensive. 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