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Harris Once Again Struggles With Basic Economic Questions

Posted by Mary Chastain

Harris: “Well, if you are hard working, if you have the dreams and the ambitions and the aspirations of what I believe you do, you’re in my plan.”

Oh, man. VP Kamala Harris survived that one-on-one interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle!

SARCASM.

What a softball interview, as we expected, especially since Ruhle said a few days ago that Harris doesn’t need to answer tough questions!

Ruhle excused Harris, even though Chris Hayes expressed frustration with the lack of answers:

RUHLE: “And one could watch that and say, well, she didn’t give a clear and direct answer. That’s OK, because we are not talking about clear or direct issues.”

HAYES: “The question about inflation and prices, this to me is one of the — it’s sort of one of the most frustrating aspects of this campaign.”

OK let’s dive in.

Of course Harris brought up that she came from the middle class!! Of course she did.

Of course.

But could someone explain her answer to the question, “What do you say to Americans who don’t feel like they fit into your policies?”

(I’m rush transcribing!)

I hate this:

RUHLE: But still, there are lots of Americans who don’t see themselves in your plans. For those who say these policies aren’t for me, what do you say to them?

HARRIS: Well, if you are hard working, if you have the dreams and the ambitions and the aspirations of what I believe you do, you’re in my plan. You know, I have to tell you, I really love and am so energized by what I know to be the spirit and character of the American people. We have ambition, we have aspirations, we have dreams. We can see what’s possible.

We have an incredible work ethic, but not everyone has the access to the opportunities that allow them to achieve those things. But we don’t lack for those things, but not everyone, you know, gets handed stuff on a silver platter.

And so my vision for the economy, I call it an opportunity economy, is about making sure that all Americans, wherever they start, wherever they are, have the ability to actually achieve those dreams and those ambitions, which include from middle -class families, just being able to know that their hard work allows them to get ahead, right?

I think we can’t and we shouldn’t aspire to have an economy that just allows people to get by. People wanna do more than just get by, they wanna get ahead. And I come from the middle class.

Also:

Look, my mother raised my sister and me. She worked hard. She saved up. By the time I was a teenager, she was able to buy our first home. And homeownership for too many people in our country now is elusive. You know, gone is the day of everyone thinking they could actually live the American dream.

So part of my vision for the economy is, let’s deal with some of the everyday challenges that people face and address them with commonsense solutions, such as affordable housing.

 

Corporate taxes! Fair share! People have to pay their fair share or something so the government can keep spending:

RUHLE: And expanding that child tax credit, or you mentioned housing before, giving that extra money for a first home. If you can’t raise corporate taxes or if GOP takes control of the Senate, where do you get the money to do that? Do you still go forward with those plans and borrow?

HARRIS: But we’re going to have to raise corporate taxes, and we’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share.

That’s just it. It’s about paying their fair share. I am not mad at anyone for achieving success, but everyone should pay their fair share, and it is not right that the teachers and the firefighters that I meet every day across our country are paying a higher tax than the richest people in our country.

 

This part cracked me up. I have no idea what she’s talking about but how many times can one say a form of holistic in one sentence:

And assistance to state and local governments around transit dollars, and looking holistically at the connection between that and housing, and looking holistically at the incentives we and the federal government can create for local and state governments to actually engage in planning in a holistic manner that includes prioritizing affordable housing.

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