The Harris campaign is supremely confident. But that might be a mistake.
Because Kamala Harris can’t even answer this one simple question from Fox News.
It’s reasonable to say that it would take a little while for the Harris campaign to gather their thoughts and organize a coherent policy platform to share with Americans after she was tapped to replace Joe Biden as the Democrat nominee running for President. But we’re two months removed from when that happened.
The election is just a month and a couple weeks away and there’s still huge questions about the policy positions of Kamala Harris and her allies in her campaign. For example, she says she wants to give tax cuts to the vast majority of Americans, but she doesn’t exactly detail how she’s going to do that. She just makes these vague declarations of fairy tale land niceties she’s promoting.
Kamala Harris herself isn’t exactly the most articulate candidate running for President in recent memory, so maybe her campaign allies can speak better for her? Nope. Apparently no one has any idea what the real policy plans are for Kamala Harris.
Harris Campaign Ally Speechless By Question From Fox News On Harris Economic Proposals
A heated exchange erupted on Fox News on Monday as host Sandra Smith pressed Democratic strategist Kelly Hyman for details on Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic plan. The discussion, which aired during a guest-hosted segment of Your World, revolved around Harris’ upcoming economic policy speech, announced during a fundraiser in New York, according to the Associated Press.
Smith highlighted the current struggles many Americans are facing with inflation. “From the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, since they took office to today, you’ve got energy prices up 32%. Shelter costs, which includes homes and rents, up 23%,” Smith said. “Auto insurance… up 56%, electricity is up 27%. If you’re living on a fixed income in this country, it is brutal right now. So the question is, what is her economic plan, what is her message to voters to bring these prices down?” Smith emphasized that Trump has been vocal about his economic strategies, but there seems to be a gap when it comes to Harris’ proposals.
Hyman, instead of directly addressing Harris’ plan, shifted the focus to criticize Trump’s approach, particularly his use of tariffs. “Trump’s plan is to have tariffs… economists have said that harms consumers… affects small businesses,” Hyman argued, speaking over Smith’s attempts to steer the conversation back to Harris.
Smith noted Hyman’s repeated references to Trump, asking, “What is Harris’ plan? We’re waiting.” In response, Hyman pointed to Harris’ proposal for the Federal Trade Commission to impose penalties on price gouging, a policy mentioned in Harris’ Aug. 16 speech.
However, Hyman admitted she wasn’t privy to specifics. This led Smith to comment on Hyman’s struggle to articulate Harris’ economic policy, which Hyman quickly rebuffed, accusing Smith of interrupting her frequently. “I’m constantly being interrupted by you, which as a woman I think is disrespectful,” Hyman stated.
Smith defended herself, saying she had allowed Hyman ample time to speak and once more opened the floor for her to explain Harris’ policies. Hyman, however, concluded by simply thanking the host for the opportunity, without offering further details on Harris’ economic proposals.
Criticism Roles In For Poor Harris Economic Ideas
Economists and data analysts from all over the political spectrum have been voicing their concerns that the proposals from Kamala Harris for the economy are simply not rooted in reality at all.
She says she wants to make housing affordable, but then suggests that giving $25,000 in downpayment assistance to certain homebuyers is a good idea. That will literally only drive up the cost of homes because it doesn’t do anything to address the supply and demand issue at the core of the housing affordability crisis. To make housing more affordable, you need to increase supply. Giving out free money only serves to increase demand.
Harris also keeps saying that she wants to bring back businesses, corporations, and manufacturing firms to the United States. That would be great, but her plans to increase the corporate tax rate would only serve to drive businesses away from the United States considering there are other nations that do not have such high tax rates. She’s also proposed a brand new tax on unrealized gains, another anti-business move that will keep entrepreneurs at arm’s length.
A few weeks ago, Vivek pointing out that Kamala Harris wants to tax *unrealized* capital gains.
The main objection heard on MSM was “she’ll never actually do this.”
Now, it’s one of her signature economic policy proposals.
LISTEN to Vivek on CNBC: pic.twitter.com/WflrEsjOpO
— Bulldogs4Vivek (@Bulldogs4Vivek) September 1, 2024
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