Left-wing Washington Post slams Harris’ price-gouging crackdown plan: ‘Squandered the moment’

New York Post ^ | Aug. 17, 2024, 2:38 p.m. ET | Rich Calder

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Even the Washington Post isn’t buying Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to slap socialist price controls on groceries.

The longtime, left-leaning broadsheet — owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos — published a scathing editorial ripping the Democratic presidential nominee for claiming price gouging is causing inflation and, rather than offer a legit plan to fix it, offering only “populist gimmicks.”

With food prices surging more than 20% nationwide during the Biden-Harris administration, Harris, during a North Carolina rally earlier Friday, unveiled economic policies she’d enact during her first 100 days as president that include enforcing government price controls on groceries.

Instead of “level[ing] with voters” and saying “inflation spiked in 2021 mainly because the pandemic snarled supply chains, and that the Federal Reserve’s policies, which the Biden-Harris administration supported, are working to slow it,” the veep “opted for a less forthright route: Blaming big business,” the newspaper wrote.

Bezos, a supporter for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, purchased the newspaper in 2013, but he began taking a more active role in its operations in the past year.

The billionaire’s powerhouse portfolio — which includes e-commerce king Amazon and the Whole Food Market chain — would likely be impacted by Harris’ Commie-friendly policy ideas like having the Federal Trade Commission enforce a federal ban on price gouging that includes dishing out hefty penalties to companies that set exorbitantly high prices.

“Ms. Harris says she’ll target companies that make ‘excessive’ profits, whatever that means,” the editorial board barked.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Ted Kennedy-the swimmer- said the same thing when he tried to wrest the nomination from Carter.

[existentially_kuffer]

You know it’s bad for Kamala when the leftwing of leftist propaganda media says so!

[A_Former_Democrat]

KAMunist.

EXPOSED

[mbrfl]

The honey moon is over?

[MtnClimber]

Is the Wash Com-Post trying to set up “She Who Must Not be Denied” for the DNC riots? Will Hillary fly in on her broom to snatch the nomination from the Kackler? Will Bill be preying on interns again?

[mbrfl]

When she starts talking about price controls, even her wealthy corporate donors start having second thoughts.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Because she’s a Communist..she learned everything she knows from her Communist daddy so of course she is a full on commie..and Trump needs to mention that 24/7..dont call her incompetent, call her what she is, a COMMUNIST, she can’t get away from that because that stain lasts forever..most people dont want communism, the brainwashed masses do but most don’t want that

[Buttons12]

Too bad the bulk of her voters don’t read WaPo editorials, much less understand economics. Or English.

[chajin]

The only reason she ‘Squandered the moment’ was because she was honest. Whenever leftists tell the public (as opposed to each other) what they actually intend to do, that is the end of their popularity.

I suspect that this is going to become Harris’ “Mondale Moment,” when he ruined his chance at the Presidency by telling the truth, that he would raise taxes if elected.

[Tommy Revolts]

Yeah but she said it with such Joy.

[iontheball]

Is the ‘useful idiot’ MSM waking up? What is going on? Did Obozo jump the shark by going too far Commie too fast?

[FenwickBabbitt]

I am really hoping that the Trump folks and super-PACs get ads out there with images of bread lines, empty shelves, and riots in the Soviet Union and Venezuela with the message of: this is what happened when Kamala Harris’s Marxist price controls were tried before. They can add quotes from the WaPo and CNN attacking the plan too to show this isn’t just a partisan take. This is such a lay up, it would be insane if our side lets her benefit from such an insane economic plan.

[MinorityRepublican]

Jeff Bezos may be a socialist but he’s not a communist!

[ABStrauss]

Harris nicknamed the Titanic is sinking fast while aided by her first ate Timmy Walz who is fun to watch as he bounds upon a stage like a released dog from the animal shelter.

These two simpletons make a perfect pair.

Perhaps Camila can auction off her wardrobe of pants suits.

[webheart]

The only factual statement in this article is that food prices have surged more than 20%. They just don’t want to say how much more than 20% because percentages are inadequate to describe how much food prices have risen.

[Avalon Memories]

Speaking of Obozo, I have been watching seldom, if ever seen videos of 9/11 on YouTube. They remind me that we have learned nothing at all from that atrocity. Just seven years later, the country elected Barack Hussein Obama president. He was raised in a Muslim country, was given a Muslim name, and was an openly self-avowed Marxist. The country still has not recovered despite the best efforts of one very brave and great man, Donald J. Trump.

[Recompennation]

I have a better idea for caramel, why not ration the free bubble up and rainbow stew that ya’ll democrats are buying up votes with using my money.
Less demand will bring down the price and think of the people people that will be dropping fat and going healthy heart to boot. Win win, and no chicken dinner.

[NWFree]

Jeff Bozos and his beach ball live in girlfriend need another yacht

[RoseofTexas]

Nay! The rats are notorious for always surviving when they’re about to go over the cliff. Not to worry they’ll circle the wagons and defender her tooth and nail. Nothing will happen. I don’t even know if her poll numbers will crater because she does have a big supporting lunatic class behind her.