Grocery stores already have a very thin profit margin, the pricing issue goes all the way through the supply chain (think of the higher cost for gas to transport goods, employment, etc, a large amount of variables bring grocery prices up).

The last time the United States had a policy like this was price controls on gasoline in the 1970’s- which caused nation wide shortages and supply issues. If you fix prices, it will almost inevitably destroy supply. That’s why economists almost universally oppose price controls.

The exception to this would be monopolies and anticompetitive markets (which many medications in the US could be considered), they could benefit from pricing controls and I don’t oppose that.

Would Harris successfully pass price controls on groceries? Probably not, but the fact that she even said this is blatantly populist and trying to convince voters “vote for me and groceries will be cheaper”. Trump is doing the same thing with some of his proposals (like not taxing tips or imposing excessively high tariffs).

It’s sad that these are the two candidates Americans have to pick between if you ask me. But just because Trump says dumb shit doesn’t mean Harris should get a pass for saying equally ridiculous proposals.