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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My opinion: this is a straw man argument to deflect attention and commentary about inflation and gas prices under the Biden/Harris administration. [/quote]

Uh, she is trying to address the costs of things in a way that a government can.

Use the power of the government to negotiate the prices of certain drugs for medicare recipients
Provide block grants to increase the supply of housing while also providing incentives for home ownership
Incentivize competition to help reduce food prices.

And gas prices? It is cheap relative to historic costs. I can get it for under $3.50 a gallon in DC. On the eastern shore, it is closer to $3.25.

The only reason it was at $2.00 in 2020 was because the economy ground to a halt and the refineries couldn't give it away.[/quote]

You know what the government could do that would be far more helpful?  Rein in the out of control spending that has been going on for several years, and pursue a more balanced budget.  That would do a ton to reduce or control inflation.  Not these BS ideas that the Harris campaign is pretending will do anything.  It's foolhardy to think these are anything beyond more nice sounding, but actually ineffective or even harmful policies like the Democrats so often like to propose.[/quote]

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