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16. Have Kamala bring top grocery execs to the WH
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 07:40 PM
Jul 2024

And have a discussion on what they can do to lower prices, especially on essentials. Offer them a carrot to take some off of prices like some tax incentives or subsidies or something (whatever a President can do), then threaten to tax them more if they don’t start some cutting as the stick. I know there is room to cut, when inflation came around they just passed the increases on and added some more in for themselves. You could offer something like giving Americans a $50 food card every month until prices went down but the Republicans would explode. Hmmm.

And why not have Sonia Sotomayor drop in on the meeting? She can give legal advice to them about what Presidents can do to people according to 6 of her colleagues.

I know Biden is still technically in charge but if let her start doing some things to show that she is serious about the lives of voters it could boost her popularity. Biden could make her a sort of de facto president without resigning the post.

Like Michael Moore I too had thought Biden officially resigning might be a good idea for the incumbency advantage before realizing how much Republicans could screw us over on it. But if Biden lets her start putting her own plans into action now that would be nearly as effective. Whatever Kamala can do to show she is addressing some of the issues that was dragging Biden down would be good for her. She’s already addressed the biggest issue - age - without having to do anything.

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