Price gouging as her first policy announcement? Really?

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It’s good to see Republicans still citing lies. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/politics/republican-irs-funding-87000-agents/index.html

And with the increased hires (not 87,000 people) from the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS has been able to claw back over a billion dollars in tax dollars from millionaires. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-tops-1-billion-in-past-due-taxes-collected-from-millionaires-compliance-efforts-continue-involving-high-wealth-groups-corporations-partnerships#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2520%E2%80%94%2520As%2520part%2520of%2520continuing,taxpayers%2520with%2520past%252Ddue%2520taxes.

Seems like the Democrats are good stewards while Republicans just want to crap weirdly all over the country. 🤷🏻

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This guy is an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:So this whole thread and her proposal on price gouging is tougher penalties. That isn’t communism.

It is communism when Kamala pushes her gas tax punishing diesel trucks and 15 dollar minimum wage nationwide and grocery stores have to deal with govt regulation on prices as well.

Increased prices in the Biden administration became because of the insane regulations.

Sooner or later, Kamala will regulate only Teslas can be used for Uber eats and will say cigarettes have to be clan energy friendly and 35 dollars a pack

Nailed it

You know you can dismiss someone's opinion out of hand when their main concern is "muh Marlboro Lights dad gun be more 'spensive"

Better fill your trailer while you can, Cleetus.

Dems are such an open and welcoming party!

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This was a good thread until about page 11 when Dems just reverted to trashing everyone else.

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Taxes are as old as this country. Were our founding forefathers socialists?

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Her economic policies should scare every single American. Don’t be fooled. This is socialism and has never worked. Price controls from bureaucrats in Washington will cause shortages and even more inflation. This is Venezuela, USSR, Cuba 2.0. Do not vote for Kamalanomics. Free market should decide prices. Lord help us.

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CNN cover story online says her plan. Is a BAD IDEA and will cause more problems than it fixes.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/business/harris-price-gouging-ban-inflation/index.html

Even when CNN says it’s a bad idea, you know it sucks.

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More FREE STUFF!!!! Yay!!!! More Vote Buying 101.

So how will you pay for all this free stuff Kamala? Taxing the wealthy will be a drop in the bucket……crickets….Bueller….Crickets….Bueller.

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If Kamala’s bizarre economic ramblings make you want to gouge your one remaining eye out, I can’t blame you.

“Price gouging” by farmers and mom-and-pop grocery store owners isn’t to blame for inflation- it is the $1.5 trillion in regs Biden-Harris inflicted on American families.

The grocery industry is intensely competitive and low-margin, so it is nonsensical to think the industry has discovered a magical way to fleece Americans in a way that defies econometric measurement. And Kamala can’t even begin to explain why this fictional “price gouging” trend began under her watch, unaddressed until now.

Biden-Harris made housing, groceries, energy, and appliances more expensive, and now they want to distract you from their record.

https://washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/15/kamala-harris-price-gouging-groceries/

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Why is it so hard for liberals to under how the free market works? It’s like they slept through Economics 101 in high school. Liberals socialist utopia doesn’t exist and will never be achieved in reality (it never has) because it forgets about fundamental aspects of human nature. Capitalism with all its flaws is still leaps and bounds better than socialism. Wake up. I can’t believe we are actually having this debate.

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Anonymous wrote:CNN cover story online says her plan. Is a BAD IDEA and will cause more problems than it fixes.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/16/business/harris-price-gouging-ban-inflation/index.html

Even when CNN says it’s a bad idea, you know it sucks.

Yep.

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Inflation skyrocketed all over the world, in most places, worse or much worse than in the US. Did other countries also have inflation reduction acts? No? Then that wasn't the cause of the inflation.

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Anonymous wrote:Her economic policies should scare every single American. Don’t be fooled. This is socialism and has never worked. Price controls from bureaucrats in Washington will cause shortages and even more inflation. This is Venezuela, USSR, Cuba 2.0. Do not vote for Kamalanomics. Free market should decide prices. Lord help us.

There was nothing in her speech about price controls. Would you like to try again?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard for liberals to under how the free market works? It’s like they slept through Economics 101 in high school. Liberals socialist utopia doesn’t exist and will never be achieved in reality (it never has) because it forgets about fundamental aspects of human nature. Capitalism with all its flaws is still leaps and bounds better than socialism. Wake up. I can’t believe we are actually having this debate.

Please show where her speech said anything about interfering in the free market.

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Controlling prices is insane. Look what rent control does. It boosts the price for everyone else. There’s no such thing as a free lunch. That’s the first thing anyone learns in econ 101. Part of the reason DC or Manhattan apartment rent is so expensive today is because of rent control.