Post by JDCJJ on Sept 12, 2024 11:38:41 GMT -6
The most important question of the campaign, and Kamala Harris flubbed it
First question of the debate....
The question went to Harris: “When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?”
She offered this answer, which I’m including in its entirety from the ABC transcript:
So, I was raised as a middle-class kid. And I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America. I believe in the ambition, the aspirations, the dreams of the American people. And that is why I imagine and have actually a plan to build what I call an opportunity economy. Because here’s the thing. We know that we have a shortage of homes and housing, and the cost of housing is too expensive for far too many people. We know that young families need support to raise their children. And I intend on extending a tax cut for those families of $6,000, which is the largest child tax credit that we have given in a long time. So that those young families can afford to buy a crib, buy a car seat, buy clothes for their children. My passion, one of them, is small businesses. I was actually — my mother raised my sister and me but there was a woman who helped raise us. We call her our second mother. She was a small business owner. I love our small businesses. My plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to startup small businesses, knowing they are part of the backbone of America’s economy. My opponent, on the other hand, his plan is to do what he has done before, which is to provide a tax cut for billionaires and big corporations, which will result in $5 trillion to America’s deficit. My opponent has a plan that I call the Trump sales tax, which would be a 20% tax on everyday goods that you rely on to get through the month. Economists have said that Trump’s sales tax would actually result for middle-class families in about $4,000 more a year because of his policies and his ideas about what should be the backs of middle-class people paying for tax cuts for billionaires.
Did you notice something missing? For all her words, Harris didn’t answer the question. The question was, “When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?” And Harris did not say. For millions of people, of course, the answer is no.
No wonder some undecided voters were more skeptical about Harris’s performance than many media commentators. The very beginning of the debate, the most important question of the election — and Harris won’t answer. Who could be enthusiastic about that?
www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3152412/most-important-question-campaign-kamala-harris-flubbed/
First question of the debate....
The question went to Harris: “When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?”
She offered this answer, which I’m including in its entirety from the ABC transcript:
So, I was raised as a middle-class kid. And I am actually the only person on this stage who has a plan that is about lifting up the middle class and working people of America. I believe in the ambition, the aspirations, the dreams of the American people. And that is why I imagine and have actually a plan to build what I call an opportunity economy. Because here’s the thing. We know that we have a shortage of homes and housing, and the cost of housing is too expensive for far too many people. We know that young families need support to raise their children. And I intend on extending a tax cut for those families of $6,000, which is the largest child tax credit that we have given in a long time. So that those young families can afford to buy a crib, buy a car seat, buy clothes for their children. My passion, one of them, is small businesses. I was actually — my mother raised my sister and me but there was a woman who helped raise us. We call her our second mother. She was a small business owner. I love our small businesses. My plan is to give a $50,000 tax deduction to startup small businesses, knowing they are part of the backbone of America’s economy. My opponent, on the other hand, his plan is to do what he has done before, which is to provide a tax cut for billionaires and big corporations, which will result in $5 trillion to America’s deficit. My opponent has a plan that I call the Trump sales tax, which would be a 20% tax on everyday goods that you rely on to get through the month. Economists have said that Trump’s sales tax would actually result for middle-class families in about $4,000 more a year because of his policies and his ideas about what should be the backs of middle-class people paying for tax cuts for billionaires.
Did you notice something missing? For all her words, Harris didn’t answer the question. The question was, “When it comes to the economy, do you believe Americans are better off than they were four years ago?” And Harris did not say. For millions of people, of course, the answer is no.
No wonder some undecided voters were more skeptical about Harris’s performance than many media commentators. The very beginning of the debate, the most important question of the election — and Harris won’t answer. Who could be enthusiastic about that?
www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3152412/most-important-question-campaign-kamala-harris-flubbed/
