Soviet-style centrally controlled food and grocery price controls will be part of a federal economic proposal that US Vice President Kamala Harris will unveil when she finally outlines her 2024 policy on Friday.
As Breitbart News reported, the speech will be Harris’ first policy-focused address since she was nominated as the Democratic candidate in July and has since been slammed by critics for being policy apathetic.
The Democratic candidate has pledged to impose the first nationwide ban on price gouging and fixing within his first 100 days in office, seeking to reverse many voters’ poor assessment of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy.
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time magazine Reports Emulating the Soviet Union’s controlled-economy dictatorship, Harris plans to direct the Federal Trade Commission and other agencies to investigate and punish “big corporations” that violate government regulations.
Other ways to address price fixing and selective anti-competitive practices in the food and grocery industry will also be scrutinized, her campaign said, previewing her big picture economic policy proposals.
Governor Harris is also reportedly expected to detail her plans to reduce prescription drug and housing costs during an economic speech during her visit to Raleigh, North Carolina.
President Joe Biden has similarly refrained from discussing his policies, and it is not yet clear whether she will take media questions after the event.
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In his speech, the Democratic candidate singled out the highly integrated meat industry, describing processors as “particularly egregious” price fixers who have a history of being found to have fixed prices illegally. time The report states:
Nearly four weeks have passed without Harris holding a news conference or conducting an interview, though she has fielded a handful of questions from reporters on the road.
