{"id":1977126,"date":"2023-07-19T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-new-action-on-junk-fees-food-prices-and-corporate-mergers\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T13:35:01","slug":"biden-takes-new-action-on-junk-fees-food-prices-and-corporate-mergers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-new-action-on-junk-fees-food-prices-and-corporate-mergers\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden acts on junk fees, food costs, and corporate mergers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-takes-new-action-on-junk-fees-food-prices-and-corporate-mergers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977126&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President \u2063Biden Takes Action to\u2064 Lower Costs\u2064 for Families<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u200c is making \u200csignificant moves\u200d to address the\u200d financial \u2064burden on families. These initiatives, announced\u200c during the \u2062fifth\u2062 meeting of the \u2064president&#8217;s \u2064White House Competition\u2063 Council, aim to\u2062 tackle \u200dhigh food prices, \u200bprevent monopolistic mergers, and\u200c protect\u200b consumers during the housing\u2064 application\u2062 process.<\/p>\n<h3>Cracking Down on Price-Gouging in \u2063Food Markets<\/h3>\n<p>In \u200ban effort to combat \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-internal-memo-from-republican-rep-jim-banks-slams-bidens-spending-plan-as-phase-one-of-the-green-new-deal\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Internal Memo From Republican Rep. Jim Banks Slams Biden\u2019s Spending Plan As \u2018Phase One Of The Green New Deal\u2019\">price-gouging<\/a>\u200b and\u200d anti-competitive\u2064 practices in\u200b food and agricultural \u200dmarkets,\u2062 the\u200b administration is\u2063 joining forces \u200bwith \u200dtwo dozen \u200dstate attorneys\u200b general. Additionally, the Department of Agriculture is introducing a &#8220;Farmer Seed\u2064 Liaison&#8221; program,\u200c empowering \u200cfarmers \u2064to\u2063 have a greater \u2063say in the patenting of new seeds.<\/p>\n<h3>Transparency in\u200b Rental Housing \u2064Fees<\/h3>\n<p>The president&#8217;s Competition Council is determined to alleviate the financial strain caused by\u2062 the soaring housing market. To\u200b achieve\u200c this,\u200c the\u2063 administration is collaborating with private companies, \u200dincluding \u2063Zillow, Apartments.com, and\u200d AffordableHousing.com. \u2062Together,\u200b they will\u200c launch new website \u2064features that \u200dreveal all\u2064 hidden rental housing \u2062fees\u2063 upfront. These fees\u200b often \u200binclude\u200c excessive \u2062application fees,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-takes-new-action-on-junk-fees-food-prices-and-corporate-mergers\/\" title=\"Biden acts on junk fees, food costs, and corporate mergers.\">unnecessary online bill \u200dpay \u200bcharges<\/a>, and \u2063inflated trash disposal fees.<\/p>\n<h3>Guidance on\u200b Corporate \u200dMergers<\/h3>\n<p>Recognizing the \u200cpotential\u2063 negative impact of corporate \u2064mergers\u200c on\u200b workers \u2063and consumers, President \u2063Biden\u2063 previously directed the\u2064 Department\u200d of\u200d Justice and \u2062Federal \u200cTrade Commission to provide \u200bupdated guidance. This\u2063 guidance,\u200b based on the\u2064 latest \u2063economic evidence, \u200bwill \u200bbe \u200dpublished on\u2063 Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s actions build \u200cupon the establishment \u2062of \u200bthe Competition \u2063Council two \u200dyears \u2063ago.\u2063 While inflation is gradually easing, \u200bthe \u2064financial burden on families\u200b remains significantly higher than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-expects-unemployment-rate-to-rise-as-global-economy-slows\/\" title=\"Australia anticipates higher unemployment rates due to the global economic slowdown.\">pre-pandemic\u200c levels<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is launching a program to label and address monopolistic mergers, lower food prices, and limit consumer exposure during housing applications. 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