Black Markets Quotes
She was talking about the Soviet Union
Whenever price controls have been tried, there always seems to develop a black market. However, some argue that price controls can work very well for a modest period of time in a national emergency and give WWII as an example. Although there was a black market, very few Americans participated in it, and the effect was positive as a result of the patriotism that was so keenly felt by most Americans at that time. Further, capital punishment has rarely worked to prevent any illegal activity. In London, pickpockets were publicly hung while other pickpockets fleeced the crowd watching the hanging ostensibly to dissuade people from pickpocketing.
The historical import of this quotation is that North Carolina was unable to support its troops fighting in Virginia so they resorted to asking for private donations. In addition greedy speculators were offering inflated prices to citizens for needed military supplies and after buying them jacking the price up much higher and selling it to the state who because of the lack of productivity, the men in the field and the Union embargo had very few options to obtain needed supplies.
This quotation is a good example of the type extreme, false statements that some political fundraisers resort to. There is no fact checking or any institutional or professional mechanism for labeling these absurd statements. However, enough people will believe something like this to make it worthwhile to keep fundraising for politicians using these extreme absurdities. Selling human body parts is a felony and there is no way that a national organization like planned parenthood could be selling human baby organs and not get caught—especially after a public letter like this one.
