Americans need a politician dedicated to unwinding decades of government interventions that have driven up the cost of middle-class living.
by Peter Suderman
Reason.com
If there’s one thing the last 50 years of American politics have proven, it’s that voters hate inflation. If there’s another, it’s that politicians seeking to capitalize on that hatred will propose unproductive, unworkable, and unaffordable policies to counter rising prices.
So it is with Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the weeks since she ascended to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, Harris has come forward with a suite of policies she has cast as tools for bringing down the cost of living for middle-class Americans. Among those policies are a vague but potentially sweeping federal ban on price gouging for food and groceries, and a subsidy of up to $25,000 for qualified first-time home buyers.