Re:Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery app...
by otterley on Saturday May 16, 2020 @05:14PM
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> 5x more expensive might actually be the correct price. Remember that you cannot compare a price for a good manufactured overseas with lack labor laws vs something manufactured in the US with laws, insurance, regulations, etc.
Perhaps so, but if that were the case, the producer wouldn't be fairly accused of profiteering. Usually these accusations arise when the production or acquisition cost for the seller is low and the sale price is very high.
Further, just as the US abandoned domestically made masks after the H1N1 epidemic, and went back to inexpensive overseas versions -- they may do it again with PPE. So you also need to cover the costs for quite-possibly a factory you are building that might stop operating in a year or two.