Standard of Living – Madison, Wisconsin

Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi recently upheld an old Wisconsin law, the Wisconsin Unfair Sales Act, that actually forces gas station owners to price gouge consumers.  This law is the reason that gas is cheaper across the border in Michigan.  The purpose of the law is to benefit the state of Wisconsin so that it can control the private property of gas station owners.  Currently, it also protects the profits of big businesses from creative small business entrepreneurs that want to create discount programs to benefit their local communities.

In this case, the Wisconsin gas station owner wanted to raise the standard of living for the elderly by giving them a 2% discount on gas and a 3% discount to those who donated to the youth sports league in Merrill, Wisconsin.  Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi, however, gave her ruling that this social cooperation between a local gas station owner and his community is illegal activity and that the law will not be repealed despite the fact it blatantly violates the human rights of individuals.

Again, we see that the bureaucrats in Wisconsin, such as Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi, have absolutely no problem with destroying the lives of individuals like the elderly and the young by trampling on the human rights of individuals like this gas station owner who wants to create a better society.  Again, we see that it is government bureaucrats and their legislation that create monopoly prices, not a free market society.

The wonderful individuals at the Institute for Justice are fighting for the human rights of the gas station owner and his community in this case.  See their website for details on this case as it moves forward after this recent tyrannical ruling by Judge Maryann Sumi of Dane County.  We must help our neighbors in Merrill, Wisconsin by demanding that the tyrant, Judge Maryann Sumi, stop upholding violent and destructive monopoly price fixing.  We owe it to our senior citizens and our youth.

Contact info:

Maryann Sumi

Phone: 608-266-4234

Fax: 608-266-4079

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