"Turns out America prefers to pay $3.99 on an item marked $6 rather than $3 on the same item never marked down.
Go figure.

Couldn't ask for a better elucidation of why the Tea Party, Rush, etc. are so popular.

Criminal stupididy."Greg F

Not so fast, young'un. I see the reasoning.

If something previously had been valued at $6.00 and they were now offering it $2.00 off, it implies that it was of better quality than the item valued at $3.00 from the beginning.