Vice President Kamala Harris jabbed former President Donald Trump on one of his signature campaign issues when she told an MSNBC host the former president is “just not very serious” about how he thinks about economic issues.
“Part of it is you don’t just throw around the idea of just tariffs across the board and that’s part of the problem with Donald Trump – frankly I’m going to, and I say this in all sincerity, he’s just not very serious about how he thinks about some of these issues and one must be serious and have a plan and a real plan that’s not just about some talking point ending in an exclamation at a political rally,” she told interview Stephanie Ruhle, host of "The 11th Hour."
Harris spoke to Ruhle for an interview that aired on “All In With Chris Hayes” in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she has spent the week campaigning in the crucial battleground state.
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“It would be a sales tax on the American people. The independent economists have already measured this,” Harris continued before launching into how Trump’s plan to hand down a 20% tariff on all imports “would be a 20% sales tax in essence on basic necessities for the average American worker, average American family totaling almost $4,000 a year."
"That is no small matter," said Harris.
She added: “People can’t afford that."
Harris went on to describe her economic plans, including $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time home buyers, a $6,000 child tax credit and a $50,000 tax deduction for first-time small business startups to create the ability “of that working person to build intergenerational wealth.”
“That’s a real plan,” Ruhle said.
“It’s a real plan because right now, and again it’s about paying attention to the details and being serious about it,” Harris said. "I'm serious about my enthusiasm and for small businesses and my belief in what they will do as part of America's economic engine."
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