No Right to Cheap Car Rentals
By David Holcberg (Denver Post, January 10, 2007)

Re: "Remembering Alamo rental at $950 a day" (Jan. 5).

Setting prices some people feel are too high violates no one's rights--there is no such thing as a right to cheap car rentals. Moreover, "price gouging" has no objective meaning or definition--it is in the eyes of the beholder. People who complain about "price gouging" merely want a product at a lower price than it's being sold for.

"Price gouging" laws are like the sword of Damocles, hanging over the heads of businessmen, who at any time may be found guilty of the "crime" of selling at market prices that politicians deem too high. Businessmen should not have to live under this constant threat; as owners of the products they sell, they have the moral right to set the prices.