Posted on 08/16/2024 12:11:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Vice President Kamala Harris kicked off her campaign speech in North Carolina on Friday announcing her new economic plan that would give about $1.7 trillion in handouts to those struggling in the current Biden-Harris economy and set price controls on groceries.
Her economic plan includes measures to ban federal “price gouging” – stopping sellers from setting unfair prices on groceries – giving out $25,000 to help first time home owners with their down payments and up to a $6,000 tax break for lower and middle income families who have a child in their first year of life.
The Trump campaign has especially taken issue with her price control policies, calling them “communist” and comparing her proposals to those of authoritarian leaders in Venezuela and Cuba.
“When the government comes in and takes over food production and sets prices, that inevitably leads to food shortages and even famines,” economist Kevin Hassett said in a Trump campaign press call.
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The “Ministry of Fair Pricing” will be making the determinations?
I’ll ask again. What should the price of a bagel be in June of 2027?
This is “the Hugo Chavez Plan”
Btw, 25k subsidy for the workers to help someone pay for their house after paying for their college education and their abortions? Nope, total fail. What does this have to do with freedom?
Price Controls = Wage Controls.
The thing about trying to “control” an economy is that the government would need to control the entire economy. Picking bits and pieces means that money will “leak” around the controls.
It has been tried several times in the real world. It’s never worked for any amount of time.
Not only is it pandering; it is stupid pandering.
i had no idea how noncompetitive the grocery store business is
which chain has a monopoly?
Free houses, free health care, free college, world peace, ponies for all the children, and a personal magic genie for all Americans.
So the dingbat is going to "solve" the economic problems by making it worse.
Lovely how a person that has never led a large for profit business can define economic policy.
Doesn’t matter if one of her staffers wrote up this garbage, it’s her policy. She owns it.
Ten bucks says this ‘idea’ was passed to her people by Obozo’s people.
Plenty of voters don’t make the connection between government spending and inflation, so this plan might snooker enough people.
She will not deliver on any of these - not legally anyway. She will say anything, promise anything to get elected for her puppet masters.
More deficit spending, more inflation, higher prices. These Democrat morons can’t seem to figure this out.
Commies gonna commie. It’s only other people’s money, anyway. Might as well buy votes with it!
Yep. On the ballots this year will be
Donald J. Trump vs. Santa Claus.
Will this commie BS sink her in the end?
This would have sunk her 50 years ago.
I think this gets her a ton of votes from the mouth breathers.
Free Ice Cream!!! The key to election.
They will never stop this crap willingly and it is too late to stop them by force.
KISS TRADER JOE’s & WHOLE FOODS GOODBYE while she is in office-—IF SHE GETS THERE.
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