Politicians always feel the need to do something even if they don't know why or what's actually wrong. That's all "price controls" really are since they sure don't control anything like prices. Unknown to most people, the US has already experimented with them running price and wage restrictions for several years. The results are conclusive. 

Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis

Robert Bleiberg Farewell to Wage and Price Controls
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/farewell-to-wage-and-price-controls-july-1974/

Richard Nixon August 15, 1971 TV address
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Xw5tWsOQo
https://www.cvce.eu/content/publication/1999/1/1/168eed17-f28b-487b-9cd2-6d668e42e63a/publishable_en.pdf

Arthur Burns Testimony before Congress Joint Economic Committee June 1971
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/historical/burns/Burns_19710630.pdf?utm_source=direct_download

Arthur Burns Testimony before Congress Joint Economic Committee July 1971
https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/historical/burns/Burns_19710723.pdf?utm_source=direct_download

NYT NIXON FREEZES PRICES FOR UP TO 60 DAYS, THEN WILL ESTABLISH PHASE 4 CONTROLS; FARM PRICES, WAGES, RENTS UNAFFECTED
https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/14/archives/nixon-freezes-prices-for-up-to-60-da-ys-then-will-establish-phase-4.html

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