AM, I think he's specifically arguing about people who buy stuff for the SOLE purpose of re-selling it at a higher price. There's a word for this -- Arbitrage.

There's a word for what Slab Happy wants. It's called Socialism.

Once he starts down this path, he'll be coming after your guns.

Once he gets the guns, he'll start demanding free government cheese.

Once he gets the free government cheese he'll build enormous mouse-traps outside his house to keep the "Rodents of unusual size" away.

It's a downward spiral.