Price Gouging

The Missouri Attorney General, Jay Nixon, is on a bender against price gouging. Apparently, the Democrat belives he knows better than the market what the best price of gas is. He also proudly claims Nixon v Shrink, a case heralded on his website as reinstating "Missouri’s campaign contribution limits and cleared the way nationally for campaign finance reform. " This kind of paternalism, including censorship and price controls, is the kind of illiberal regulation of an otherwise free society that makes government the problem.