Kamala Harris thinks government can control inflation. She forgets she’s the one who caused it when she cast the tie breaking vote for Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, sending prices skyrocketing. She blames corporate greed, a ploy for those who don’t understand what causes inflation. Harris’ policy drew instant comparisons to what was done in the Soviet Union that resulted in massive shortages.
The Kamala campaign declared it
She will enact “the first-ever federal ban on corporate price-gouging” and will “impose stiff penalties in the food industry.” Mark Hemingway of RealClearPolitics spotted it straight away.
“Kamala Harris is literally proposing price controls on food. This is literally what the Soviets did and the results will be scarcity and higher costs.” Helen Raleigh immigrated from communist China. She responded to this announcement on X, seeing what’s coming.
“Government-imposed price control is a terrible idea because it makes the economy worse by causing shortages. Everyone who survived socialism/communism knows this: if the store shelves are empty, it doesn’t matter how low the government claims the price of bread is.”
You can claim all you want
Republican strategist Matt Whitlock responded, “So Kamala Harris is going to (pretend to) counter the high prices (she caused) by instituting some kind of communist government price controls on grocery stores. Absurd.” Author David Bernstein mocked her, “A federal ban on price gouging! Why didn’t anyone think of that before? We can just order prices to come down by government fiat! What could go wrong?”
The conservative account AG agreed, “So instead of dealing with the actual sources of inflation, the Harris plan is going to be to continue to pretend price increases are a result of price gouging in an industry with razor thin margins.” Harris stole Trump’s idea of not taxing tips. National Review writer Noah Rothman brought that up.
“Her first policy proposal was straight theft of a lower common denominator pander to one electorally significant demo. Her second is an attack on market signals that incentivize firms to meet specific demands. This isn’t a high minded campaign.”
Kamalanomics
X users spoke of it but not in a good way. “Oh my god… In Kamala’s first ever policy speech on Friday she’s going to announce… price controls. Welcome to Kamalanomics.” Another said,
“Kamala Harris is running a marketing campaign for president that isn’t even attempting to provide any real substance. This is another example of how she’s trying to win over voters with gimmicks and ‘vibes’ that won’t amount to much but creates a villain to run against.”
Kamala thinks she can bring those prices down. Americans are strolling their grocery store shelves with sticker shock. Hungry people get angry quickly.
Inflation has surged by over 21% since the Biden-Harris administration began. A recent Yougov poll found a staggering 77% of people have this at the top of their concerns. White House rhetoric tells us it’s not that bad. Your screen will tell you one thing while you look at grocery store shelves and see something completely different.
