Poll after poll point to American’s worry about High Consumer prices even if the ‘experts’ say the economy is good?
Some of us know that President can only do nut so much with Consumer prices…
But?
Running on a effort to try to ANYTHING to cut them…
Update….
Harris says she’ll have m ore on her economic policy the wek of the Convention next week…
HARRIS’ FOOD PRICE FIGHT: Democrats on Capitol Hill are eager for Vice President Kamala Harris to focus on fighting high food prices in her campaign. And progressives are highly encouraged by recent comments the presumptive Democratic nominee made on the campaign trail as a sign she might do just that, your host reports.
Harris told a packed campaign rally in Atlanta last week that she would “take on price gouging and bring down costs” on “Day One” of her presidency.
That got the attention of progressives, who hope the vice president will be more willing than President Joe Biden to wield executive power to squeeze corporations they argue have been inflating the price of groceries and other everyday goods.
Key election issue: Those cost-of-living issues continue to be a focal point of the 2024 campaign, one many Democrats fear could drag them down in November unless they come up with a more aggressive response.
As president, Biden has promised to crack down on price gouging and so-called shrinkflation, but has so far resisted progressives’ latest call to unleash a suite of executive actions targeting food retailers and others.
While Harris has mostly echoed White House talking points on the economy, her rhetoric in recent weeks has made progressive Democrats hopeful that she could break with Biden on the matter.
“I love that,” Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) said of Harris’ recent focus on corporate price gouging. “I honestly think that Democrats should have been talking about grocery prices for the last six months.”
GOP attacks: Harris is now set to face a barrage of GOP attack ads and other critiques seeking to blame her for higher grocery and everyday costs. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and GOP senators are already decrying “Harris price hikes,” in an effort to tie her directly to inflation and increased federal spending under Biden’s administration.
Republicans also argue high food costs and inflation are already baked into voters’ views of the Biden-Harris administration and how they plan to vote in November.
Down-ballot Democrats, many of whom worried President Joe Biden didn’t acknowledge the pain of inflation soon enough, are encouraging Harris to get ahead of the coming onslaught. Their concerns were only heightened after new economic data released last Friday showed a surprising jump in unemploymentthat’s now fueling talk of a possible recession.
‘Reading tea leaves’: Biden officials privately expect Harris to take the lead on more official economic and other policy rollouts that could boost her in the coming weeks, especially any focused on lowering costs.
But the White House isn’t currently working on any big price gouging policy moves that she could tout on the campaign trail, according to two people familiar with the plans, who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Huffman and progressives across Capitol Hill are hopeful Harrs’ campaign rhetoric translates into even stiffer measures to crack down on everything from big food corporations to Big Oil. But that group noted they’re “reading tea leaves” at this point…..
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Harris is trusted MORE than Biden and Trump on the economy in a new poll….
For the first time this election cycle, voters trust the Democratic candidate more than former President Trump on the economy, according to new polling released by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan.
Why it matters: The share of voters who say they don’t trust either Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris fell by nearly half — another example of the disappearing “double hater.”
- The survey “marks a sharp change in voter sentiment following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the White House race” last month, according to the FT….
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A majority of respondents said Harris should diverge from the president’s economic policies, with 60% saying she should make major changes or take a different approach.
- Harris saw a higher approval rating than Biden, with 46% of registered voters saying they approved of the way she was handling her role as vice president, while 41% said they approved of Biden’s handling of his job as president….
Note…
Joe Biden HAS pumped over a Trillion Dollars into the American economy for jobs, government programs and capital improvement jobs….