Posted on 03/04/2024 5:57:35 AM PST by John Semmens
On NewsNation's "Cuomo" program Chris Cuomo asked Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) "how do you deal with voters' saying 'I'm getting killed at the grocery store on Biden's watch. I'm getting killed with inflation.'"
"Yes, food prices are up," Clyburn admitted, "but the price of medicine is way down. My wife struggled with diabetes for 30 years. I saw her insulin bill, $800 a month. Now, she was on Medicare and that capped the cost at $35 a month. I think we can do the same thing for food. I've advised the President to announce a 'Dietcare' initiative that would cap every eligible individual's food bill to $35 a month. They could order the food they need and the grocery would be limited to charging them only $35 a month for it. I think this would be a winning issue with the voters."
"Makes sense," Cuomo responded. "It would stop businesses from profiteering off of people's hunger and ensure that no one starves. How do we handle situations where the grocer can't survive at such low prices?"
"We take a lesson from 2022's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and provide up to a 30% credit for qualifying investments in food acquisition," Clyburn said. "Without the IRA the green energy movement would never have gotten off the ground. Now we have more electric vehicles, solar panels, and windmills than ever before. Skeptics who said these investments would not be economically viable have been proved wrong. We'll do the same with Dietcare."
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If his wife lost about 200 lbs that would solve BOTH his problems....................
lol - ignorant communist ape.
Clyburn obviously has no knowledge of economics, supply and demand, scarcity and plenty, and how these all interact. That $35 medicine will probably become unavailable at that price at his local pharmacy but black markets will have availability - at a considerably higher price.
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