Harris to propose federal ban on 'corporate price-gouging' in food and groceries

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price-gouging in the food and grocery industries,” her campaign announced late Wednesday. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., who in February introduced legislation to go after corporate price gouging, joins Morning Joe to discuss.



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[Dakid]

A better policy would be to ban corporate homebuying by the Blackrocks of this country

[Dblbogey]

MSNBC doesn’t have the guts to ask Harris what her baseline is for price gouging…and to define it without the cackle.

[corycarlson]

Oooffff.... People are really awake its good to see. Hats off to the comments section. The propaganda machine aint working anymore.

[cheneree]

It's a sleight of hand to make people think that inflation is caused by greedy corporations instead of excessive government spending and money printing.

[wy]

Government control price? Sounds like Soviet Union

[scottwilliams]

Ask Russia and Venezuela how well that plan has worked out for them.

[rperreir]

Politics aside, if one does actual research you’ll find that the rise in energy cost is the primary reason for the high prices in groceries and other goods. Fuel used to transport goods is more expensive and the added cost is transferred to the consumer. It’s cause and effect. Moreover, inflation in general is driving the high cost of goods and services. It’s up to the people to research and understand the reasons for inflation, but suffice to say inflation happened under Bidenomics. Someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes with this price gouging scheme. They’re silly

[karenkemmerling]

So now she wants to take down our grocery stores? The cost of food has gone up after they turned our energy into a nightmare. It costs a fortune for everything BECAUSE of her stupid energy prices.

[Nirobiscloset]

Harris and Biden could've did that

[edenbarton-bhns]

There are already laws against price gouging. What she proposes is control of production, food lines.

[avegen]

This will literally empty shelves in grocery stores

[dauferm]

She's the current VP. How come the current administration isn't working to make this proposal a reality? Why wait? It's an honest question.

[stevelong-rrre]

The Biden Harris inflation has impoverished us 😢

[axe]

This is a level of nuts that pushes America into the USSR space

[extremecentrism]

Not sure how the government can force companies to sell things for a certain price.

[stgibson]

It was all semantics, but this is the LITERAL definition of communism.

[bobingalls]

if they do this, one of Two things will happen

1. They will you give you less and the product quality will go down.
2. They will go out of bussiness but not before laying off many Americans.

[BakhtiyarNeyman]

They should maybe take a basic economy class before proposing such misguided measures. The real way to solve this is by breaking up the monopolies. Price controls lead to empty shelves and long lines.

[ScratchGlass]

Hey....NO PRICES COME DOWN IF DIESEL FUEL IS OVER $3 A GALLON !

[joyedwards]

It's amazing to me that a woman who has been in the second highest office for 3 1/2 years and has had a lot of opportunity to do some of the things that she's telling us she's going to do now, hasn't even begun to do these things in that 3 1/2 years but expect us to believe that she's going to do it now. I'm not sure if these people think we're stupid or hope we're stupid but hopefully come November, they will find out we are definitely not stupid.

Trump 2024 because I cannot afford another four years of this trash leadership!!