Trump slams Harris’ call for a price-gouging ban, but 37 states already have their own

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-slams-harris-call-ban-price-gouging-37-states-already-rcna167158

by Exastiken

8 comments

  1. He isn’t slamming the price gouging ban. He is slamming the slippery slope that will lead to price controls where the federal government mandates a price ceiling for grocery items. Harris’s “price gouging” ban is mostly virtue signaling.

  4. So why haven’t those states that have Democratic AGs done anything like two years ago?

  6. It’s hilarious when the same people who tell me inflation is caused by COVID also say that we can’t enforce disaster anti-price gouging legislation.

    Especially when those ****s are economist with degrees.

  7. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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    – Quartz (B+): [Big Food says Kamala Harris’ grocery price gouging plan is ‘a solution in search of a problem’](https://qz.com/kamala-harris-grocery-price-gouging-plan-nga-big-retail-1851626757)
    – Business Insider (B-): [What it would take for the government to make your groceries cheaper](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lower-grocery-prices-inflation-harris-price-gouging-proposal-2024-8)
    – Axios (B+): [Don’t call it price controls: How price gouging bans really work](https://www.axios.com/2024/08/20/price-gouging-kamala-harris-communism-kamunism)
    – Euractiv (B): [Food price becomes political battleground on both sides of the Atlantic](https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/food-price-becomes-a-political-battleground-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/)

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  8. Price gouge bans only create shortages and black markets. Speaking from first hand experience when stationed in Florida during hurricane season. Wanna make sure there’s not enough water to go around? Take away the entrepreneurial incentive for individuals to purchase elsewhere and transport it where it’s demanded.

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