Biden Tried to Kill Costco-Style Discounts.
Trump Is Stopping It.
Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 2/1/2026 9:21:13 AM
Did you know the Biden administration worked overtime in its final days to try to stop you from buying things in bulk at the prices you love? It pushed aggressive lawsuits that threatened to make volume discounts — the precise reason Costco, Walmart, and similar stores can offer everyday low prices on all your household needs —much harder to come by. Now, thanks to actions ramping up this week, President Trump's Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson is positioned to shut down this nonsense once and for all. In the chaotic closing stretch of the Biden-Harris FTC, Chair Lina Khan — who went on to become
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Did you know the Biden administration worked overtime in its final days to try to stop you from buying things in bulk at the prices you love? It pushed aggressive lawsuits that threatened to make volume discounts — the precise reason Costco, Walmart, and similar stores can offer everyday low prices on all your household needs —much harder to come by. Now, thanks to actions ramping up this week, President Trump's Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson is positioned to shut down this nonsense once and for all.
In the chaotic closing stretch of the Biden-Harris FTC, Chair Lina Khan — who went on to become
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