Kamala Harris just made her first huge campaign blunder this past week when she proposed price controls on groceries.
There was predictable push back and mockery from those of us on the right, pointing out that Kamala is openly proposing communism.
But Harris’ advocacy of Soviet-style price controls has also received extensive pushback from her allies in the left-wing media, who are now alluding to the fact that the price controls she is proposing on food have a spectacular history of failure. The organs of the left understand that the promise of turning the United States into Venezuela is political suicide, and they want to stop Kamala from getting irreparably labeled as the proud and out communist that she is.
These outlets include CNN: “Harris’ plan to stop price gouging could create more problems than it solves”
…and even The Washington Post: “When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?”
It is probably worth noting, however, that the Washington Post is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and Amazon also owns the Whole Foods grocery chain. I choose not to shop at Whole Foods because I don’t wish to pay a sanctimony premium for my groceries. But Bezos might rightly fear that Kamala’s price-enforcement commissars won’t understand Whole Foods’ strategy of pricing its organic groceries as an exclusive, luxury item for affluent consumers.
Beyond this proposal for Soviet economics, the Democrats’ entire ticket is saturated in communism. The media has been lavishing praise on Tim Walz for his lack of investments, and for his possessing little accumulated wealth. In response, Jeffrey Carter just wrote an exceptional essay at his Points & Figures blog pointing out that Walz’s rejection of wealth accumulation is a scary indication of his status as a communist true believer. Walz’s indifference to personal investments indicates that he believes in full reliance on government to provide for everything he and his family need.
I have excerpted some of this essay below, but I encourage you to read the entire thing, which concludes with this ominous observation, “The fact Walz doesn’t own anything doesn’t make him objective. It says he is sinister. He relies on the government for his sustenance and therefore will do everything in his power to make sure the government expands and exerts control over its minions in order to make sure he stays comfortable.”
”The Mother's Milk of The State; Tim Walz Is A Communist Investor” [Points & Figures – 8/08/2024]
Yesterday the investments of the Governor of MN and presumptive hard left-wing Democratic VP pick Tim Walz were released to the public. Predictably, PRAVDA raved about them. At the Free Press, Suzi Weiss said it was “refreshing” that Walz didn’t have wealth from stocks, bonds, or some other source.
The fawning left-wing rag Axios ran an article on Walz's investment acumen.
• His disclosures, both from his final year in Congress and his time as Minnesota governor, also show no mutual funds, bonds, private equities, or other securities.
• No book deals or speaking fees or crypto or racehorse interests.
• Not even real estate. The couple sold their Mankato, Minnesota, home after moving into the governor's mansion, for below the $315k asking price).
Carter points out that while we certainly don’t want elected officials engaging in insider trading on individual stocks, the rejection of investments in index funds and even US Treasuries is extremely revealing about Walz.
Let me get this straight. Walz relies on the mother’s milk of taxpayer dollars to fund his life. He only depends on the “state”, or government.
That’s communism. That’s what people in communist countries do. The state provides for you. You have no worries at all. Of course, then you are subject to what the state says it will do for you. Except in Walz's case, since he is pulling the levers of power he will be taken care of.
Why isn’t he betting on America like his fellow Democrat Warren Buffett says to do? Not one US Treasury instrument in his personal portfolio. Any respectable finance professor from the elite business schools in the US down to the worst community college in the US would agree that US Treasuries are “risk-free assets”.
Does Walz not have any appetite for risk and what does that tell you about him as a person and decision maker?
He doesn’t even own an index fund of American stocks. Why is he selling the future of America? Why is he so pessimistic about America? The American stock market has created the ability for more people to create more wealth for themselves than any other economic engine on earth. Without it, small businesses wouldn’t thrive the way they do.
Communism is literally on the ballot this election.
It’s time for the Never-Trump charade to end. Any “conservative” who still seeks a Trump defeat to “save conservatism” is enabling our country’s descent into Venezuelan destitution. You only have to vote for communism once before you find yourself in a situation that you can’t vote your way out of. We cannot allow that to happen.
With both individuals on the Democrat ticket being proud and open communists, a vote for Trump is now a vote to save our country. The Trump-haters can start on day one of Trump’s final term to strategize the post-Trump future of the Republican Party, but we must all unify now to defeat the Khrushchev/Chavez Harris/Walz ticket.
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