Kamala Harris Talks Economy in New TV Interview

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8. In rebuttsl

She needs to answer 2 questions

Instead of talking generalizations. She did not answer these in the debate, and she’s still not answering them now.

1. Inflation and high prices - housing and small business have nothing to do with this very real concern. One of the negative ads in the Philly market is of her talking about the higher costs of groceries, followed by DJT’s approval. Just answer the question.

Since I have been posting the releases monthly for the past couple years, "inflation", as of this past week, is at 2.5%.

Now you can accept the data points from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or you can go with "the RW-media generated narrative" that is designed to misinform, mischaracterize, and negatively exaggerate actual reality.

She has been running a BILLION ads, and I have been seeing AND hearing them on the radio, back to back in many cases, talking about "greedflation", and that is HERE IN PHILLY. It includes this one -

Civics 101 fact - in order to carry out a number of Executive Branch "plans", it will require LEGISLATION from the Legistrative Branch, a/k/a "Congress". The Senate has been on this issue regarding "corporate profits" and "greedflation' for some time.

2. Immigration - why did the Biden admin wait until 2024 to try to pass a border bill? Were there earlier attempts that did not go through because of Congress?

I think you missed the last 3 years that included the Title 42 fiasco that did in fact, impact immigration. Here, I'll let you catch up -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142920047
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142995226
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143008744
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217911633

Remember, we were in the middle of a pandemic, apparently forgotten, and a massive economic collapse caused by 45's misdeeds (and I won't even go into January 6 and the mess that ensued after that).

Democrats only controlled both chambers of Congress during 2021 and 2022, and in 2021, the VP start racking up what would eventually amount to a record amount of tie-breaking votes in the Senate (as VP/President of the Senate) because the Senate was a 50-50 split. After that, the GOP took control of the House in early 2023 and that was the signal of "the end" of meaningful bipartisan legislation (which is why all the focus initially on getting the huge economic and infrastructure bills passed).

HOWEVER, during this time, the Administration, spear-headed by VP Harris' foundational work to assess the issues with multiple countries in South and Central America, began the implementation (by the State Dept and DHS) of"processing centers" for immigrant seeking to apply for entry as a pragmatic example.

So instead of the stunt photo-ops and sloganeering that the GOP does annually regarding "the border", something that seems some on DU accept as "legit", actual functional process changes, with infrastructure, has been, and continues to be, done, within the confines of Executive actions, including executing "agreements" like the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection (LAD).

I.e., you can continue to do draconian "bandaids" or you can start to address "root causes".

But this tends to get a yawn on DU when posted about.

An “opportunity economy” sounds really smart, but a person paying $5 for a quart of milk will not care about lofty macroeconomic ideas.

Need some links from you about where someone is paying "$5 for a quart of milk, and yes, I LIVE in Philly.

One of the things that you seemed to have ignored is the push from her and even Casey about "price gouging". But that doesn't fit your "narrative".

As Chair of one of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Children and Families Subcommittee, Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. had a whole hearing on this back in July -

Similarly, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Chaired by Sen. Sherrod Brown, held such a hearing back in May on the same subject -

"Hearings" are done as informational tools so that Congress can write legislation. A President often works with members of "the other branch" to implement initiatives through legislation.

I know you won't watch either though.

She needs to answer the questions or she will lose in PA.

No, she needs to continue doing what she is doing, covering ALL subjects including reproductive freedom, and YOU need to ask what the fuck is 45 and the rest of the GOP doing "for inflation" and "immigration".

We have heard *crickets* on the former and - "deport those dog and cat-eating criminals" for the latter.