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Doing the Right Thing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the summer of 2004, Hurricane Charley roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and swept across Florida to the Atlantic Ocean. The storm claimed twenty - two lives and caused $ 11 billion in damage. 1 It also left in its wake a debate about price gouging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a gas station in Orlando, they were selling two - dollar bags of ice for ten dollars. Lacking power for refrigerators or air - conditioning in the middle of August, many people had little choice but to pay up. Downed trees heightened demand for chain saws and roof repairs. Contractors offered to clear two trees off a homeowner’s roof — for $ 23,000. Stores that normally sold small household generators for $ 250 were now asking $ 2,000. A seventy-seven - year-old woman fleeing the hurricane with her elderly husband and handicapped daughter was charged $ 160 per night for a motel room that normally goes for $ 40. 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They may even be portrayed as efforts to improve democracy—making the judiciary more efficient, combating corruption, or cleaning up the electoral process. Newspapers still publish but are bought off or bullied into self-censorship. Citizens continue to criticize the government but often find themselves facing tax or other legal troubles. This sows public confusion. People do not immediately realize what is happening. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearch:\u003cbr\u003eHenry Ford, \u003cbr\u003eHuey Long, \u003cbr\u003eJoseph McCarthy, and \u003cbr\u003eGeorge Wallace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe know that extremist demagogues emerge from time to time in all societies, even in healthy democracies. The United States has had its share of them, including Henry Ford, Huey Long, Joseph McCarthy, and George Wallace. 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