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Harris Can't Pivot From Bidenflation

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12.10.2024

Asked last week during an appearance on “The View” if she “would have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years,” Vice President Kamala Harris responded, “There is not a thing that comes to mind, in terms of, and I’ve been a part of, of, of most of the decisions that have had impact.” In other words, don’t expect anything different for the next four years. If that’s not a reason to vote for President Donald Trump, I don’t know what is.

Let’s review.

When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office, inflation was running at just 1.4 percent, a bit below the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target rate. The Biden-Harris administration – which enjoyed immense political power in its first two years because Democrats also controlled both the House and the Senate – used its power to ram through its so-called “American Rescue Plan,” a $1.9 trillion boondoggle. The bill was sold as an emergency response to COVID-19, even though less than 9 percent of its money went to COVID-related expenses.

Then the Biden-Harris administration pushed through its so-called “Inflation Reduction Act,” with Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. The cost of that law has since more than doubled, to almost $2 trillion. Not only did the law not reduce inflation, most of its spending went to Green New Deal........

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