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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
I think that's always the trade-off. If you reduce competition (by not allowing discounting), you help smaller businesses - but at the expense of consumers, who have to pay higher prices. German-style shop closing laws are similar - if you're not allowed to keep your store open past 6:30, and have to close on the weekend, larger stores aren't allowed to compete on hours, which benefits smaller stores, but at the expense of customer convenience.
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Government should never interfere in this. If smaller businesses can't compete on pricing and hours, they deserve to go out of business. Such is life.