He promised to bring prices down immediately. Price controls on steroids. C'mon.
Americans crave pre-Covid prices. Former President Donald Trump is promising to make them a reality.
“Prices will come down,” Trump told voters during a speech last week laying out his vision for a return to the White House. “You just watch: They’ll come down, and they’ll come down fast, not only with insurance, with everything.”
There’s no doubt the federal government can help influence the price of certain goods and services. However, broad-based price declines are not only improbable, they would bring about a
doom loop difficult to escape from.
“Prices will come down and come down dramatically and come down fast,” he said.
Trump vowed to slash not just the price of gasoline, cooling bills and electricity, but predicted this would happen across the economy.
“Unquestionably, this is what people want to hear. And unquestionably, this is unrealistic,” Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, told CNN in a phone interview.
It’s one thing to try to slow the rate of inflation, making prices go up at a more gradual pace. That’s exactly what the Federal Reserve has been working to do the past two years, with a surprising amount of success.
But what Trump appeared to be describing is deflation: widespread price drops. And that’s something that scares economists because of what it portends.
Yes I do. Bring prices down to normal inflation levels would be good. If inflation was at a normal level around 3% then we wouldn't want sudden deflation.
The inflation rate for 2024 is 2.9. Do you even check this stuff before you post?
The annual inflation rate for the United States was 2.9% for the 12 months ending August, compared to 2.7% previously, according to U.S. Labor Department data published on September 11, 2025. The next inflation update is scheduled for release on October 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET, providing information...
www.usinflationcalculator.com
She had no responsibilities at all for border security. One is a victim only as long as one doesn't check what one is told. Think about it
A senior administration official said Harris' role would focus on "two tracks": both curbing the current flow of migrants and implementing a long-term strategy that addresses the root causes of migration. Cabinet members, including the secretary of state, are expected to work closely with Harris on these issues.
So nothing about border security? You just figured that out?
Hmm..... still no order from Trump produced.
I showed you that Trump bragged about doing it. Want me to show you again?
But you can't show a link where Walz made that order?
The policy has since been scrubbed from the Minnesota government website, the Post reported, adding that Fox News found it on the Wayback Machine internet archive.
You quoted the Trump administration's guidelines. C'mon.
But no checkable link? I see a trend here...
I've learned a long time ago not to bother with it.
You guys act like facts are the enemy. You claim that Walz
I'll try one time. Let's see if it was worth the effort.
Walz Doesn't have to defend his ...wildly liberal abortion stance where babies who were actually out of rhe womb and left to die on the table.
Your link doesn't show that Walz ordered anything at all like that. Do you have a link that actually supports your claim? Can you even prove that he knew it had happened before it was stopped? And yes, if your link doesn't support your claim, there's really no point in putting it up here.
www.newsweek.com
