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Harris goes big on economic policy, Donald Trump calls it 'full communist'
The Washington Times ^ | August 18, 2024 | Alex Miller, Jeff Mordock

Posted on 08/18/2024 10:43:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Vice President Kamala Harris’ first major policy plan took on the top issue in the presidential campaign — the economy and high prices — with sweeping proposals for expanded government intervention and more federal spending.

She vowed to lower prices at the grocery store with price controls and open up the increasingly out-of-reach housing market with tax subsidies for home buyers.

“Believe me, as president, I will go after the bad actors,” Ms. Harris said in a speech Friday in North Carolina. “I will work to pass the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on food. My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rules.”

Former President Donald Trump said Ms. Harris had gone “full communist.”

“She wants to destroy our country after causing catastrophic inflation,” he said Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania. “Comrade Kamala announced that she wants to institute socialist price controls. You saw that never worked before. Never ever worked.”

He also said she was “promising to hand out things she can’t deliver.”

Ms. Harris’ economic platform mostly serves as an extension of President Biden’s policies but adds a bigger role for the federal government.

She said the unprecedented price controls on food and groceries are necessary because corporations are price-gouging Americans — a charge Mr. Biden made regularly to explain soaring inflation.

Under the Harris plan, the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general could impose harsh penalties on companies that set prices too high.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: centralplanning; classwarfare; kamalanomics; kommiekamala; pricecontrols; trump
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1 posted on 08/18/2024 10:43:40 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

More like going Full Nixon.


2 posted on 08/18/2024 10:46:05 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So are the nevertrumpers going to hit this thread and tell us Kamala’s policy is great and Trump is wrong so he better talk policy policy policy? LOL


3 posted on 08/18/2024 10:46:09 AM PDT by dforest
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Next, Harris is going to accuse Trump of Right Deviationist Thinking. Her’s will be the Great Leap Forward.


4 posted on 08/18/2024 10:46:51 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Kamala is going after the bed actors..she’s going after Jo and herself?


5 posted on 08/18/2024 10:49:23 AM PDT by Leep (Re-elect deep state. 2024!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

1. Trump points out that comrad kamabla has no stated policy
2. Kamabla goes full communist policy.
3. Trump pounces, complete with former venezuelan.


6 posted on 08/18/2024 10:49:26 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Kamala is going after the BAD actors..she’s going after Jo and herself?


7 posted on 08/18/2024 10:50:33 AM PDT by Leep (Re-elect deep state. 2024!)
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To: dforest
So are the nevertrumpers going to hit this thread and tell us Kamala’s policy is great and Trump is wrong so he better talk policy policy policy? LOL

There's nobody on Free Republic who thinks Kamunism is great.

8 posted on 08/18/2024 10:51:02 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If it walks like a duck......


9 posted on 08/18/2024 10:51:27 AM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't here soon enough!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The price of food is more influenced by the price of fuel than that of the grocers profits!
Farmers and distributors are using a lot of fuel!
So maybe, she should reduce the prices of food by allowing fracking everywhere?

But, I do not think she cares about prices of food, more about government control!


10 posted on 08/18/2024 10:51:36 AM PDT by AZJeep
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the msm goes hard on kissing kamalalalamas butt


11 posted on 08/18/2024 10:54:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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the marxist is going after the evil capitalists

sounds logical


12 posted on 08/18/2024 10:57:00 AM PDT by joshua c
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13 posted on 08/18/2024 10:57:13 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Drew68
There's nobody on Free Republic who thinks Kamunism is great.

Well, they won't come out and admit they're leftist trolls, but you can smell them from a mile away on this other thread.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4259182/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

14 posted on 08/18/2024 10:57:33 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: AZJeep

There are no bad actors when the profit margin is less than 2%.


15 posted on 08/18/2024 11:03:53 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!s)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If they manage to “steal” this off the damage to this country will be irreparable


16 posted on 08/18/2024 11:04:13 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Drew68

I would never vote for Kamala, but every time I start thinking she cannot possibly be THAT bad, she comes out with something so astonishingly stupid as federal price controls.

She really is THAT bad. If Americans are so morally bankrupt (“free” stuff taken from other Americans is theft) as to elect this Kamunist, then I guess they deserve what results. It ain’t gonna be good. Just look at Venezuela.

Down with Kamunism!


17 posted on 08/18/2024 11:04:27 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: ronnie raygun

I’m buying colt arms and SW mfg stock.


18 posted on 08/18/2024 11:11:00 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: CitizenUSA

Kammy is the new age Soapy Smith - “We cheat the other guy and pass the savings on to you “.


19 posted on 08/18/2024 11:12:03 AM PDT by ASOC (This space for rent)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Donald Trump calls it “Full Communism”.
^

What would play better is “Full Venezuela”.


20 posted on 08/18/2024 11:15:22 AM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦.....Indoctrination WORKS...)
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