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September 28, 2023
Price Controls Have Begun, Food Rationing Is Next In Line As America Is An Out Of Control Train Barreling Towards An Economic Collapse With No Brakes As Govt Prepares To Take Total Control
In March of 2022, Brandon Smith, a writer from Alt-Market, made a bold prediction after seeing what was happening with gas prices, food prices and inflation. He spoke about the "inevitability of government rationing after price controls,"
The stagflation threat worries me more than any other for a number of reasons, and it’s not just because of the potential for extreme poverty. As we all know, the strategy of “order out of chaos” is about creating enough desperation within a target population that the people are willing to give up their freedoms in exchange for a semblance of safety and normalcy. But what specific controls would the establishment seek out?
Stagflation has the ability to trigger much higher prices in necessities, while it simultaneously drags GDP down along with wages, jobs, manufacturing, etc. There is also the very real threat of government price controls, which would suffocate production and reduce the supply of goods even further. We are not quite to this point yet, but the danger is approaching fast.
It was incredibly eerie reading that this week, when we are seeing news of price and food controls, present day.
Price controls in Canada have been ordered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who claims "Large grocery chains are making record profits. Those profits should not be made on the backs of people who are struggling to feed their families."
The stagflation threat worries me more than any other for a number of reasons, and it’s not just because of the potential for extreme poverty. As we all know, the strategy of “order out of chaos” is about creating enough desperation within a target population that the people are willing to give up their freedoms in exchange for a semblance of safety and normalcy. But what specific controls would the establishment seek out?
Stagflation has the ability to trigger much higher prices in necessities, while it simultaneously drags GDP down along with wages, jobs, manufacturing, etc. There is also the very real threat of government price controls, which would suffocate production and reduce the supply of goods even further. We are not quite to this point yet, but the danger is approaching fast.
It was incredibly eerie reading that this week, when we are seeing news of price and food controls, present day.
Price controls in Canada have been ordered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who claims "Large grocery chains are making record profits. Those profits should not be made on the backs of people who are struggling to feed their families."
He is demanding price controls on food from the top five Canadian grocers, threatening government interference should they not come up with an adequate plan themselves. Adequate meaning government approved.
First and foremost, food inflation which is up 20% since 2021 here in America, and is also up in Canada, are not caused by the grocery stores and large chains, they are just being used as a scapegoat to direct the anger of the populace.
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First and foremost, food inflation which is up 20% since 2021 here in America, and is also up in Canada, are not caused by the grocery stores and large chains, they are just being used as a scapegoat to direct the anger of the populace.
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Forbes explains why food prices have risen, and is not price gauging on the part of grocery stores:
Trips to the grocery store will cost consumers more and more as food inflation continues to rise. There are many reasons for this, including the war in Ukraine, shipping costs, and higher costs associated with the production of food items, including wages.
There are not a lot of sources regarding grocery stores' profit margins out there, but the ones we have found show that the profit margins average approximately 1% to 3%, which is lower than most businesses profits.
Now, that price control action by Trudeau is for Canada, so many may wave that off, but then we look to Chicago, which due to rampant crime, many stores have closed up and got the heck out of dodge, so to speak.
Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, has announced a plan for the city, where they would build government run grocery stores in areas where other grocery stores have up and left.
Brandon Smither from Alt-Market addresses that as well in a subsequent piece, which shows the following:
The Chicago program would include price control measures and there’s ample opportunity for these institutions to use rationing in the future. Similar projects are also being considered in other cities across the country. In other words, leftist cities are scaring away businesses while planning to replace “essential services” with government run operations.
Once again for those that think "it can't happen here," it is and it has throughout history. During World War I, the United States Food Administration enforced price controls on food. (Source) also the Hepburn Act of 1906 saw America enact price controls.
Via Wiki, which we rarely use due to their liberal bias, but can be a source for straight statistics, as as long as it is something non-political, it is generally up-to-date on information.
In the United States, price controls have been enacted several times. The first time price controls were enacted nationally was in 1906 as a part of the Hepburn Act. In World War I the War Industries Board was established to set priorities, fix prices, and standardize products to support the war efforts of the United States. During the 1930s, the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) created the National Recovery Administration, that set prices and created codes of "fair practices". In May 1935, the Supreme Court held that the mandatory codes section of NIRA were unconstitutional, in the court case of Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon issued Executive Order 11615 (pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970), imposing a 90-day freeze on wages and prices. The constitutionality of this action was challenged and upheld in the case of Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Connally
The individual states have sometimes chosen to implement their own control policies. In the 1860s, several midwestern states of the United States, namely Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, enacted a series of laws called the Granger Laws, primarily to regulate rising fare prices of railroad and grain elevator companies.
The state of Hawaii briefly introduced a cap on the wholesale price of gasoline (the Gas Cap Law) in an effort to fight "price gouging" in that state in 2005. Because it was widely seen as too soft and ineffective, it was repealed shortly thereafter.
The point here is it has happened in the U.S. and it has begun again.
We saw more rationing during the Covid lockdowns by state leaders in 2020, with stores limiting the amounts of toilet paper, meat products, cleaning supplies and more.
Proof of my assertions can be found at USA Today, March 2020, headlined: "Coronavirus rationing: Target, Walmart limit purchases of hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, toilet paper."
So once again, those that still insist "it can't happen here" need to be shown and made to understand that not only can it, it has, as recently as 2020.
Granted, government rationing is different from individual stores limiting purchases, but the results are the same, a limit to the quantity Americans can buy of products.
Attacks on Food: We have already seen the mad rush by the climate hysteria crowd to stop eating meat, but we are now seeing another campaign to which certain cities in America have a "target" to ban meats and dairy by 2030.
Often target dates are decades away and many Americans simply wav it away as a problem for a later date, but this "target" is less than a decade away.
Now, it isn't just meat and dairy, but also "private vehicles," are on the target list to be banned by 2030.
Fourteen major American cities are part of a globalist climate organization known as the “C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group,” which has an “ambitious target” by the year 2030 of “0 kg [of] meat consumption,” “0 kg [of] dairy consumption,” “3 new clothing items per person per year,” “0 private vehicles” owned, and “1 short-haul return flight (less than 1500 km) every 3 years per person.”
C40’s dystopian goals can be found in its “The Future of Urban Consumption in a 1.5°C World” report, which was published in 2019 and reportedly reemphasized in 2023. The organization is headed and largely funded by Democrat billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Nearly 100 cities across the world make up the organization, and its American members include Austin, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Seattle.
Look at some of the cities that have joined the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, shown in videos highlighting their participation at the time of their joining the group. Chicago, Ill. Portland, OR. Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco CA, and Washington DC, just to name a few.
Other than being part of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, these are also some of the most crime-filled cities run by liberals, with Philly recently in the news for multiple days of business theft.
It is all about control. They want to control where you live, goal of forcing people to live in "timber" homes. They want to control what you eat, your method of transport, how much businesses can charge of for their products, and how much of said product you can buy.
If their goals are for 2030, while many including myself, may doubt they can honor that date, the fact is they are not going to stop and we need to prepare.
Usually we do not focus on dairies along with meats, but at this rate, survival food may keep said foods available to you.
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