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Home Front: Politix
Harris leans into full communism
2024-08-19
[NYPOST] ''Voters want to blame someone for high grocery bills'' and Kamala Harris
It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day
 has chosen ''corporate greed'' by vowing to impose price controls, scoffs Catherine Rampell at The Washington Post.

''It's hard to exaggerate how bad this policy is. It is, in all but name, a sweeping set of government-enforced price controls across every industry, not only food. Supply and demand would no longer determine prices or profit levels. Far-off Washington babus bureaucrats would. The FTC would be able to tell, say, a Kroger in Ohio the acceptable price it can charge for milk. At best, this would lead to shortages, black markets and hoarding.''

''If your opponent claims you're a ‘communist,' maybe don't start with an economic agenda that can (accurately) be labeled as federal price controls.''
Posted by:Fred

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Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-08-19 17:59  

#8  Because Price Controls with Medicaid has worked out so well in keeping costs down.
Posted by: mossomo   2024-08-19 12:53  

#7  To blame "corporate greed" is more or less nonsense. But so is the exaggerated responsibility of the US administration for these global events.

Hardly... Biden and the Democrats passed budgets after the pandemic as if the pandemic was still continuing. Had they cut back to pre-pandemic levels inflation would not be as bad. Additionally, Biden still has $1T to spend in the next 3 months.
Posted by: Cleared Cookies Lost Nic   2024-08-19 12:35  

#6  /\ To blame "corporate greed" is more or less nonsense.

Private enterprize has always been the enemy of communism.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-08-19 11:20  

#5  The current high inflation rate has a lot to do with Covid-related causes (increased household demand and supply chain shortages due to the pandemic). Then there is the war in Ukraine and a strong labor market.

At the beginning of the pandemic, consumers started to spend less because of the lockdown and started to save more. Then, as the Covid-19 restrictions eased, businesses couldn't keep up with this increased consumer demand, and experienced shipping delays as well as shortages of labor and key inputs. All of this led to higher prices for most goods and services. Gasoline, housing, and food saw the largest price increases.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions by Western countries that severely restricted imports of Russian oil played a significant role in rising energy prices and supply chain issues, as did fluctuating consumer demand for gasoline.

To blame "corporate greed" is more or less nonsense. But so is the exaggerated responsibility of the US administration for these global events.

Harris' policy is certainly wrong and just populist, but Trump should explain how HE would bring down inflation (it's already going down btw).
Posted by: European Conservative   2024-08-19 11:16  

#4  From the kitchen table to the world stage, Trump just defined what separates him and Kamala Harris
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-08-19 10:36  

#3  Then and now.

Finally getting the b*s to call them Commies after decades of calling Trunks Nazis and 'the next Hitler'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-08-19 07:27  

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Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-08-19 01:35  

#1  I've watched her appearances and I think she's on drugs.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-08-19 00:58  

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