In an attempt to allay the fears of potential supporters in the grocery industry who see economic disaster in Vice President Kamala Harris’ food price control plan, surrogates are suggesting it’s a moot point and will never be approved by Congress.
After Harris released her plans for price controls across economic sectors, "Kamunism" trended on X. The fiscal policy has also been referred to by former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as "communist." However, Republicans are not the only ones who see scarcity on the shelves with Harris’s plans. The grocery store industry and even some economists usually sympathetic to Democrats are also alarmed, Politico reported.
According to unnamed Democrats in Congress and Congressional aides, neither price controls nor price gouging bills will sail into law anytime soon. The sources claimed this is all about talking points and trying to convince voters that even though Harris was the second part of the Biden-Harris administration, she is trying to shift the blame for inflation from President Joe Biden to corporations.
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