The New Deal has been a key driver behind how the Democratic Party justified its hold on political power in the United States. The precursor to the New Deal was the Great Depression, which, in the minds of many Americans, was triggered by the stock market crash in late 1929.
Lately, Donald Trump and his team have taken to labeling their opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, as a far-left socialist—even a full-on communist. The strategy comes after an uncharacteristic lull in messaging from the former president and his team as they worked out how to prudently attack the vice president.
It’s the job of a presidential campaign to make people terrified about what’s in store for the country if the other side were to win. But there are several problems with labeling Kamala Harris a communist.
Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris is demonstrating why monetary debasement has always been a favorite way for government officials to plunder the citizenry. Rather than focusing on the Federal Reserve as the root cause of prices rising across society, she’s blaming rising food prices on grocery-store owners. Consequently, she says that if she is elected president, she’ll get a federal “anti-gouging” law enacted that prevents grocery stores from raising prices.
Popular discussions of inflation and the economy have produced more heat than light, if not heat and darkness. President Biden has made multiple remarks on his record, which taken singly are each incorrect. Taken together, Biden’s remarks on Bidenomics are incoherent.
