Mainstream publications urged Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris to reverse course after her economic policy agenda contained extreme measures that were akin to policies found in the failed Soviet Union or modern day Venezuela.
The Washington Post Editorial Board published an op-ed on Friday titled: “The times demand serious economic ideas. Harris supplies gimmicks.”
In it, the Post complained that Harris “squandered the moment” on promoting “gimmicks” that do not work, like price controls.
In blaming big business for the inflation crisis that the Biden-Harris administration has caused, Harris vowed to “target companies that make ‘excessive’ profits, whatever that means,” the Post wrote. “(It’s hard to see how groceries, a notoriously low-margin business, would qualify.) Thankfully, this gambit by Ms. Harris has been met with almost instant skepticism,…
