Unjust Discrimination Quotes



Price manipulation by transportation companies has been a serious problem ever since the railroads were built. Reform came in terms of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 which made it illegal to charge people different rates for the same or similar service. Then the country deregulated and one of the unintended consequences was the return if differential and discriminatory pricing. Two people can sit next to each other in an airplane and one has paid many times what the other has. Companies shipping goods by truck can end up paying more, the same, or less than their competitors. There have been calls for reregulation to remedy this discriminatory pricing.