Harris dodges serious questions on ‘60 Minutes’
As usual, hearts and minds are likely unchanged
COMMENTARY
By Cal Thomas - Wednesday, October 9, 2024
OPINION:
It took Kamala Harris 2½ months to agree to an interview with a national journalist. Bill Whitaker interviewed her on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” and her answers are not likely to help her with the few voters who say they are still undecided.
Asked by Mr. Whitaker to explain her economic plan and how it would be paid for, the vice president’s response bordered on the meaningless: “My plan is about saying when you invest in small businesses you invest in the middle class and you strengthen America’s economy. Small businesses are the backbone of America’s economy.”
Mr. Whitaker: “The question was, how are you going to pay for it?”
Ms. Harris: “I am going to make sure that the richest among us who can afford it pay their fair share in taxes. It is not right that teachers, nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations. And I plan on making that fair.”
“Fair” must be a poll-tested word, but it has no meaning unless it is defined. Democrats have been invoking it for years without saying what they mean. In some states, the successful are paying more than half their income to federal, state and local governments.
Is it fair when governments penalize success and subsidize its opposite? And who defines affordable? Mr. Whitaker should have asked Ms. Harris what she would do to cut spending, the main driver of debt, and how she would reform Social Security and Medicare, which will run out of money in the 2030s.
Mr. Whitaker asked Ms. Harris how she would get her plan through Congress.
Ms. Harris gave a customary nonsensical answer: “You know when you talk quietly with a lot of folks in Congress, they know exactly what I’m talking about ’cause their constituents know exactly what I’m talking about. Those constituents are those firefighters and teachers and nurses.”
I don’t know what she is talking about.
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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/9/harris-dodges-serious-questions-on-60-minutes/
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