Vice President Kamala Harris tried to shed more light on her economic vision in battleground Pennsylvania Wednesday — after admitting costs are “just too high” under her administration and former President Donald Trump blasted her for not doing more over her past three years in office.
“The cost of living in America is still just too high. You know it, and I know it, and that was true long before the pandemic hit,” Harris told the Economic Club of Pittsburgh before proclaiming that she would adopt Franklin D. Roosevelt’s philosophy of “bold, persistent experimentation.”
“I believe we shouldn’t be constrained by ideology, and instead should seek practical solutions to problems, realistic assessments of what is working and what is not,” Harris rambled at one point, “applying metrics to our analysis, applying facts to our analysis, and staying focused then, not only on the crises at hand, but on our big goals, on what’s best for America over the long term, and part of being pragmatic means taking good ideas from wherever they come.”
Kamala Harris speaks at the Philip Chosky Theatre during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
Some of what Harris promised was a rerun of earlier planks in her platform, including a $6,000 child tax credit to new families and up to $50,000 in tax deductions to new small business.
The veep also said that she would provide a $25,000 handout toward a down payment for new homeowners, with the goal of constructing 3 million new dwellings — with no detail about how she would accomplish the latter goal.
She also promised to reduce the cost of building, promising that “as president, if things are not moving quickly, I will act. We will reform permitting, cut red tape, and get things moving” without explaining why the current administration had not been able to accomplish those goals.
In the closest thing to a new policy announcement, Harris, 59, said she would commit to investing in biomanufacturing, aerospace, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain and other emerging technologies and “expand our lead in clean energy innovation and manufacturing” — but offered no specific goals or dollar figures for investment.
Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on September 25, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
A couple of hours earlier, Trump pointed out at a rally in North Carolina that Harris has helped run the country for more than three-and-a-half years without making notable progress on lowering prices or boosting manufacturing.
“Now today, Kamala Harris is supposedly announcing her so called plans to support manufacturing and wealth creation. Why didn’t she do it three and a half years ago?” the Republican nominee asked rhetorically.
“They’ve done nothing. Why didn’t she do everything? Three and a half years ago — she’s been there for almost four years, and she didn’t do it. She didn’t create wealth.
“Kamala goes to work every day in the White House,” he went on. “Families are suffering now. So if she has a plan, she should stop grandstanding and do it. Just do it. You have — you have a few months left. Do it. Do it. You have plans for the border. Do it now. You know you don’t need anything at the border. All you need is the President of the United States to say the border is closed.”
President Biden also managed to tie Harris more closely to his unpopular administration during an appearance on ABC News’ “The View” Wednesday morning.
“As vice president, there wasn’t a single thing that I did that she couldn’t do,” he said, “and so I was able to delegate her responsibility on everything from foreign policy to domestic policy.”
Harris said her economic plan would follow FDR’s “bold, persistent experimentation.” AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump greets attendees during a campaign rally at the Mosack Group warehouse on September 25, 2024 in Mint Hill, North Carolina. Getty Images
Harris’ Pittsburgh speech came one day after Trump laid out his plan in Georgia for convincing foreign businesses to move to the US.
Similar to Trump, Harris promised to provide tax credits for those who expand union jobs in manufacturing communities across the country.
“We will invest in the industry that, for example, made Pittsburgh the Steel City,” she said, “by offering tax credits for expanding good union jobs in steel and iron and manufacturing communities like here, in Mon Valley and across all these industries of the future, we will prioritize investments for strengthening factory towns.”
Trump promised Tuesday that foreign companies would receive 15% corporate tax rates if they manufacture in the US, as well as fewer regulations, cheaper energy, and access to both federal land and port infrastructure — or face tariffs if they refuse.
Harris also claimed she would be tougher on China than her rival, saying Trump “constantly got played” by Beijing.
“I will never hesitate,” she said, again ignoring her own exalted status, “to take swift and strong measures when China undermines the rules of the road at the expense of our workers, our communities and our companies.”
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