UnderpantsWeevil , 6 hours ago

Among the plans from the Harris campaign is a federal ban on price-gouging in the industries. Most states currently have such bans in place.

O…kay.

Harris will single out meat prices, and in particular the meat-processing industry. Her first 100 days will also see support for small businesses, a “crack down on unfair mergers and acquisitions” among food corporations.

Bird flu and swine flu are two of the biggest pressure points on agricultural supply. Heat and drought are also doing horrible things to cattle stock. Will her support for small businesses address this? Guess we’ll have to tune in next week to find out.

Harris no longer supports measures from her short-lived 2020 presidential bid such as a fracking ban or Medicare for All, advisers told Reuters.

sigh

Her campaign said it wanted to avoid dividing voters and attracting attacks from business groups over granular details

mega-sigh

She will push plans to cut costs of rental housing and home ownership, including funding more affordable housing and building climate resistant communities.

Sounds nice. Wonder what the details will look like.

“She does have a focus on housing because we know and she knows very, very clearly that housing is a crisis in this country,” said Marcia Fudge, a Harris adviser and the former housing and urban development secretary under Biden.

glances at the housing market under Biden

Oof.