You might feel differently when you stop by the gas station when there happens to be an oil spill in the gulf and find that gas has gone up $1.50 since the day before. That happened to me once while living in Wisconsin. I should have complained to the state but did not.
Or you go to the store and they are charging $5 or $10 for a 14oz bottle of water, as has happened after hurricanes.
Anti-Pricing laws DO have a place, but they are often poorly defined and either useless or over-reaching. As an example, California's 10% maximum in cases of emergencies goes too far.
And to correct someone else, my understanding is that there are only 13 states that have anti-price gouging laws. However, some of the others enforce price gouging under fair practice and deceptive advertising laws.
