Basic economic logic and thousands of years of recorded history have verified that price controls take a bad economic circumstance and make it even worse. But alas, President Trump, who seems to be looking for a quick fix to pacify public anger for the results of his policies, is pushing for price controls. Whether it be interest rates, credit card rates, electricity rates … the more the government subsidizes and interferes with what’s left of market prices, the bigger and more numerous the problems become.
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