Commentary One of the lessons for Republicans in Congress from the 2020 election is that they should not be fooled into thinking the American people support socialism. With control of the House, Senate, and the White House, Democrats are poised to push socialist policies including price controls on the entire healthcare system, Green New Deal mandates and subsidies, and massive tax hikes and spending. Republicans should reject these efforts knowing that they are unpopular with voters. Let’s take one example of these socialist policies: price controls on medicines. Democrats in Congress passed and campaigned on the “Lower Drug Costs Now Act,” legislation that forced manufacturers to accept government-set prices as dictated by federal health bureaucrats or pay a 95 percent excise tax on hundreds of medicines. This was not a good faith effort to lower drug costs, but an attempt to expand the size and scope of government that would move the …
The American People Don’t Want Socialist Policies Like Price Controls
February 21, 2021
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