Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

[eman623]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

 

[Callen]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

Laws against gouging are not price controls......jeesh

 

[trixare4kids]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

She's already told us who she is. The flip-flopping, word salad queen, ie puppet II.

 

[trixare4kids]

The consensus is in. Putting price controls on food is a no.


Price controls are a bad idea. All they do is cause bigger problems. Then what?

"People are paying a lot more for food, gas, cars and services, and inflation isn’t over yet as the pandemic continues to distort the economy. So should governments consider setting the price of essential goods?

It’s been done before, typically during times of crisis, but for most mainstream economists, the answer to this question is a resounding “no.” Limiting how much companies can charge will distort markets, they argue, causing shortages and exacerbating supply chain problems while only temporarily reducing inflation.

“Price controls can of course control prices — but they’re a terrible idea,” David Autor, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, remarked in a survey published earlier this month by the University of Chicago.

Asked whether price controls similar to those used in the United States during the 1970s could reduce inflation over the next year, less than a quarter of economists surveyed said they agree while nearly 60% said they disagree or strongly disagree."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/economy/price-controls-inflation/index.html

 

[zincwarrior]

PLease cite a state that does not have anti gouging legislation.

Texas:

How to Spot and Report Price Gouging | Office of the Attorney General

Price gouging is illegal, and the Office of the Attorney General has authority to prosecute any business that engages in price gouging after a disaster has been declared by the governor or president. The attorney general has issued stern warnings about price gouging to businesses in times of...

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov

Having said that it looks like she is going to push more enforcement of monopoly laws to protect against business concentrations. I imagine we'll see a lot more than that Friday.

 

[phoenix2020]

Laws against gouging are not price controls......jeesh

MAGAs don't understand the difference.

It's the same thing with tariffs - they quite literally don't understand how they work.

For most MAGA, "price controls" is a trigger phrase like "caravans" and "drag shows" - they don't need to know what they are, how they differ from anti-monopolistic controls, etc. They just need to scream the phrase loudly, causing their bodies to produce hormones that generate feelings of physical pleasure.

 

[Mach]

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/15/harris-corporate-price-gouging-ban-food-election.html

“There’s a big difference between fair pricing in competitive markets, and excessive prices unrelated to the costs of doing business,” the Harris campaign said in a statement. “Americans can see that difference in their grocery bills.

Democrats oppose price gouging.
Republicans champion price gouging and higher prices at the grocery store.

Also Republicans, blame Democrats for price gouging and higher prices at the grocery store, and claim they also oppose it.

The train never stops, in crazy land MAGA.

 

[Mach]

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

How would banning price gouging by mega corporations create: "Long soviet-style food lines? "
That makes no sense.

How did you arrive at this absurd conclusion, sufficient to make a thread about it? Share your reasoning and citations so we can help correct your errors.
Or where you just making shit up?

 

[dmpi]

Soviet Union use to do this. Stores sold out by 1:00. Party leaders had their own stores with unlimited supplies.

 

[zincwarrior]

Soviet Union use to do this. Stores sold out by 1:00. Party leaders had their own stores with unlimited supplies.

Stores sold out because there was insufficient production. You're arguing that prices should be such that only the wealthy get the goods. Thats way better!

 

[PoliSciXtina]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

MAGA: "We can't afford groceries! The price of BEEF! Agh!"

Harris: "I'm going to work on price gouging legislation so corporations cant overcharge!"

MAGA:" What a commie!!! SOCIALISM!!!!!"

For Chrissakes you people are just unhappy with your lives no matter what. At least admit it.

 

[Kblaster49]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

umm, there is nothing in the link in that right wing garbage article that says anything about price controls. The title is a lie.

 

[Kblaster49]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

Also, IJR is funded by a religious loon. Why would you read it?

 

[Callen]

How would banning price gouging by mega corporations create:
Long soviety-style food lines? That makes no sense.

How did you arrive at this absurd conclusion, sufficient to make a thread about it? Share your reasoning and citations so we can help correct your errors.
Or where you just making shit up?

I'm willing to bet if you tuned in Fox right now they are talking about this being the type of price controls used in communist countries....guaranteed!!!! Trumpers never have an original thought....
Never

 

[Sue Sponte]

MAGA: "We can't afford groceries! The price of BEEF! Agh!"

Harris: "I'm going to work on price gouging legislation so corporations cant overcharge!"

MAGA:" What a commie!!! SOCIALISM!!!!!"

For Chrissakes you people are just unhappy with your lives no matter what. At least admit it.

This is spot on.

The Trump era has ingrained this in me. Modern conservatives just want to be angry about stuff.

Trying to find logic for the rationale is a fool's errand.

 

[eohrnberger]

Soviet Union use to do this. Stores sold out by 1:00. Party leaders had their own stores with unlimited supplies.

Look for the exact same thing once the Democrats / Liberals / Progressives in government implement those policies.

 

[Lovebug]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

Ok then, just pay more.

 

[trixare4kids]

Ok then, just pay more.

I'd rather pay more than accepting her commie initiatives but you do you.

From the O/P source...
"Harris will also call on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to probe companies that are thought to be ripping off consumers by raising prices to pad their profits, according to The Hill. Additionally, Harris will propose to have the government intervene against corporate mergers and acquisitions that she contends would further allow a small number of companies to milk consumers for even more profit."

 

[anatta]

PLease cite a state that does not have anti gouging legislation.

Texas:

How to Spot and Report Price Gouging | Office of the Attorney General

Price gouging is illegal, and the Office of the Attorney General has authority to prosecute any business that engages in price gouging after a disaster has been declared by the governor or president. The attorney general has issued stern warnings about price gouging to businesses in times of...

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov

Having said that it looks like she is going to push more enforcement of monopoly laws to protect against business concentrations. I imagine we'll see a lot more than that Friday.

price gouging AFTER a disaster

 

[dmpi]

I just knew once Harris opened her mouth it's going to be all downhill for that poor women.

 

[eohrnberger]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

From the citation:

Harris will announce the plan during a Friday speech detailing her economic agenda in North Carolina, where she will blame corporate consolidation and greed for the increased prices Americans are paying for their food and groceries, according to The Hill. The proposal to attribute inflation to corporate greed echoes a common refrain from the Biden administration, which has consistently tried to pin responsibility for inflation on price gouging instead of its massive spending agenda.

"blame corporate consolidation and greed for the increased prices"​

Shows you exactly how out of touch with reality the people which are proposing price controls as a solution because:

"responsibility for inflation" . . "its massive spending agenda"​

this is the real root of the problem, with this:

The Consumer Price Index for “food at home” — which includes many items commonly purchased at grocery stores — is up by about 21% since 2021, the year that the Biden administration came into power, according to Axios.​

as it's result and impact.

 

[Mach]

Soviet Union use to do this. Stores sold out by 1:00. Party leaders had their own stores with unlimited supplies.

What does Trump's favorite foreign country and political ally, have to do with price gouging limits proposed by the Harris campaign?

Can you be specific about how banning price gouging by rich corporations, is a bad thing for most people, and how allowing price gouging is a good thing for most consumers?

 

[anatta]

Limiting how much companies can charge will distort markets, they argue, causing shortages and exacerbating supply chain problems while only temporarily reducing inflation.

“Price controls can of course control prices — but they’re a terrible idea,” David Autor, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, remarked in a survey published earlier this month by the University of Chicago.

economics for idiots. the food industry run on one of the smallest margins to turn profits

 

[Mach]

I'd rather pay more than accepting her commie initiatives but you do you.

It's an American initiative, put forth by an American, for Americans.

Why did you write "commie"? Are you confused, or just doing the MAGA propaganda thing?

 

[MTAtech]

And here I called her a Marxist! What was I thinking!

The inevitable food shortages and long Soviet-style food lines this insane policy will create will do a great deal to fight the obesity problem in the USA.

Kamala Harris To Roll Out First Major Economic Policy: ‘Price Controls’ For Food And Groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to roll out a proposal to impose a federal ban on supposed corporate “price-gouging”

ijr.com

Nothing in that biased article says that Harris wants price controls. This sentence from the article says it all:
Harris’ forthcoming proposal to crack down on price gouging sounds like a “euphemism” for “price controls,” Antoni added.

No, cracking down on gouging is not price controls but shows the desperation pro-Trump media have become.