Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk,
The DOJ and the FTC will each launch a witch hunt on high food prices.
Food is now a national security concern.
Please note a Trump Executive Order Addressing Security Risks from Price Fixing and Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain.
Section 1. Background. An affordable and secure food supply is vital to America’s national and economic security. However, anti-competitive behavior, especially when carried out by foreign-controlled corporations, threatens the stability and affordability of America’s food supply.
Sec. 2. Food Supply Chain Security Task Forces to Protect Competition. (a) The Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission shall each establish a Food Supply Chain Security Task Force within the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, respectively, that will take all necessary and appropriate actions to investigate food-related industries within their established areas of expertise and determine whether anti-competitive behavior exists in food supply chains in the United States, as well as whether control of food-related industries by foreign entities is increasing the cost of food products in the United States or creating a national or economic security threat to Americans.
(b) The Task Forces shall, as permitted by law, jointly brief the Speaker of the House, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the chairs of congressional committees of jurisdiction with a summary of their progress pursuant to this order once within 180 days following the date of this order, and again within 365 days following the date of this order, including, if relevant after consulting with the Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political, and Public Affairs, any recommended congressional actions.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. …
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Justice.
Elizabeth Warren Would Be Proud
I can only imagine the howls if a Democrat president did this.
Please recall Warren proposed a Price Gouging Prevention Act and called for stronger FTC enforcement. She urged the Biden administration to use executive power to increase competition and lower costs for consumers.
So, every grocery retailer in the country just decided to raise their prices at the same time and by roughly the same amount? And, not one of those retailers kept their prices low to attract more customers?
It's not corporate greed, it's government greed that is the problem.— 🇺🇸 Otto Werkr 🇺🇸 (@OttoWerkr) July 22, 2024
Warrenesque Witch Hunt Begins
Don’t you just love it when Elizabeth Warren and President Trump are on the same page witch hunt?
Really? Then why weren’t they greedy price gougers when Trump was president? Because you’re a lying moron. Liawatha. pic.twitter.com/ApUv7QCmVH
— JaxterDB (@JaxterDB) July 22, 2024
There’s hundreds of responses on X all calling Warren an idiot. And she is.
Expect silence this time.