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Which part of this having actually been done in Canada and other regions, and what you're claiming not happening is unclear to you?

American Exceptionalism at work...

Which part do you not understand about prices having gone up as a result? So people are literally paying a price for it?

And stop with the country-based insults, please. It's not appropriate at all for HN. There's nothing "exceptional" about basic economic principles.