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   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Fri, 06 Sep 2013 09:38:45 -0700, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy   
    wrote:   
      
   >> - I wasn't saying a merchant has to   
   >> cover all credit card costs - I was saying that there are costs   
   >> of doing business and a business that fails to cover all their   
   >> costs over the long haul is out of business.   
   >   
   >And the merchant covers their costs by raising prices to the   
   >consumer.   
      
   Please explain precisely how raising prices purely because a   
   quasi-monopolistic banking system is gouging benefits the public -   
   this should be good.   
      
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