Je ale jau tau pirmame sakinyje gimtaj anglu kalba aiskina, kad buvo ne tik reguliuojamos kainos, bet ir atlyginimai ir ne tai kad reguliuojamos bet limituojamos o cia jau biskeli kitas reikalas. RaR wrote: > Čia viso labo šiek tiek iš wikipedijos. Iki galo tai perskaičius tampa > akivaizdu, kad kontroliuojant kainas greitai pasiekiama politinių > tikslų. Deja, tų, kurių gerovei deklaruojamos taikomos priemonės, > gyvenimas iš tikrųjų pablogėja. Beje, ir įstatymo pavadinimas mums labai > tiktų. > > > During the French Revolution in the 1790s, "The Law of the Maximum" was > imposed in an attempt to decrease inflation. It consisted of limits on > wages and food prices.[2] Many dissidents were executed for breaking > this law.[5] The law was repealed 14 months after its introduction.[5] > > By turning the crimes of price gouging and food hoarding into crimes > against the government, France had limited success. With respect to its > overt intention, that of ensuring the people were able to purchase food > at a reasonable rate, the Maximum was mostly a failure. Some merchants > having found themselves forced into a position to sell their goods for a > price lower than what it cost to create it (i.e. cost of baking bread, > growing vegetables, etc.,) chose to hide their expensive goods from the > market, either for personal use or for sale on the black market.[6] > However, the General Maximum was very successful in deflecting a > volatile political issue away from the Committee of Public Safety and > Robespierre, enabling them to focus on larger political issues more > closely related to completing the French Revolution.[7] > > In creating the General Maximum, Maximilien Robespierre shifted the > attention of the French people away from government involvement in > widespread shortages of money and food to a fight between consumers and > merchants. The text of the General Maximum was written towards > businessmen who were profiting on a large scale from the demise of the > French economy. However, in practice, the law ultimately targeted local > shopkeepers, butchers, bakers, and farmers-the merchants who were > profiting the least from the economic crisis.[8] With the General > Maximum, Robespierre offered the people an answer regarding whom to > blame for their poverty and their hunger. Furthermore, considering its > association with the Law of Suspects, when a citizen informed the > government about a merchant who was in violation of the law, they were > considered to have done their civic duty.[9]