Several Democratic lawmakers are quietly telling allies concerned about Vice President Kamala Harris’ controversial plan to control food prices that the proposal will die in Congress. Politico Revealed.
The economists Pushed back Harris’ “Soviet style” First policy-focused government plans to centralize food price controls speech On August 16, an anonymous Democrat told the outlet that it was a “lofty goal.”
“I honestly still don’t know how this is going to work,” the second council member said.
WATCH — Klain: Price gouging laws like Harris’ proposal “won’t solve inflation”:
A person familiar with the White House said Harris’ plan doesn’t effectively address the problem of inflation.
“If we had had the right tools, we would definitely use them,” they said. Politico.
The outlet interviewed six lawmakers and five aides on the condition of anonymity, but all acknowledged that Democratic lawmakers have privately told critics that the price-gouging plan is unworkable.
data According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), food prices Jumped off 22 percent From January 2021 to July 2024, when President Joe Biden and Harris first take office.
Another Democrat in Congress dismissed complaints from conservatives, saying, “They call everything communism.”
But a food industry source familiar with the proposal said it was “not a serious policy.”
“We’re confident she’ll do well in the polls,” they added, “but this is a clear attempt to deflect responsibility for inflation from her administration.”
The Biden-Harris administration Falsely Claimed that Food prices are falling, and White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told MSNBC in June that the price of “eggs and milk” is also falling, along with gasoline.
Karine Jean-Pierre:
“Food prices were going up, but now they’re down!”
(Food prices have risen by more than 20% since Biden took office.)
“Gasoline prices have dropped!”
(Gasoline prices have risen by more than 44% since President Biden took office.) pic.twitter.com/G5jB6PV7Hg
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 25, 2024
Another Democratic official said: POLITICO The deployment of the plan is partly The Washington Post Editorial “It’s hard to overstate how bad this policy is,” columnist Catherine Rampell wrote.
Rumpel, CNN commentator Who will write it? Liberal opinion and Puff Piece Lawmakers defending Harris’ family called the price-gouging proposals “a sweeping government price control not just in the food industry, but in every industry.”
“Prices and profit levels are no longer determined by supply and demand, but by far-away bureaucrats in Washington. The FTC will be able to tell, say, Kroger in Ohio, what a fair price it can charge for milk,” she writes.
