“When I become president, from day one I will make it a priority to bring down prices,” Harris announced on X before the election rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday evening Norwegian time. It is the first meeting where Harris talks about the policies she will pursue if she wins the presidential election in less than three months. Specifically, it’s her plan to “reduce expenses for middle-class families and confront companies’ unreasonable price increases,” her campaign states. That is written by Reuters. The meeting was supposed to take place last week, but had to be postponed due to a storm. Harris entered the election meeting to an apparently packed hall and cheers. Right from the start, she sent jabs in the direction of Donald Trump and the Republicans. – This election is about two very different visions for the nation. Ours, which focuses on the future – and theirs, which focuses on the past. There was a good atmosphere when Harris entered the election meeting. Photo: Jonathan Drake / Reuters After a time of pandemic and uncertainty, Harris claims that as of now, the US economy has never been stronger. She boasts that the Biden-Harris administration has created 16 million new jobs and inflation is down by 3 percent. But few Americans get to experience this progress. The price of many of the regular purchases, such as food and fuel, remains high for many Americans. More expensive food Overcoming inflation is a main focus of the campaigns of both Democrat Harris and Republican challenger Donald Trump. On Thursday, Trump held a press conference on inflation, where he criticized the price increases that have occurred while Joe Biden has been president. – When I am elected as president, I will make it my top priority to bring down prices and achieve financial security for all Americans, Harris said from the podium in Raleigh. From 2019 to 2023, food prices increased by 25 percent, according to Reuters. But lately the inflation figures have started to fall. But Harris won’t put all the blame on inflation. She points out that the inflation figures are on the way down, but also that many of the largest food companies in the USA are experiencing greater profits now than in two decades. – I will work to adopt a federal ban on price speculation on foodstuffs. Home and health On Thursday, Biden and Harris attended a joint meeting in Maryland. There they celebrated that the Medicare program has succeeded in negotiating down the prices of several types of medicine. On the podium tonight, she brags about making sure that access to insulin will only cost $35 a month. In addition to having reduced the price of ten vital medicines by up to 80 per cent for seniors. Harris also makes big promises about the housing market in the USA. If she is elected, she promises that by the end of her first term, three million new homes and rental housing will have been built, which will be affordable for the middle class. – We want to make sure that these homes actually go to working Americans, not just investors, says Harris as she calls out housing sharks who conspire to keep prices high. At the same time, she claims that the Project 2025 agenda will increase the average American’s mortgage by $1,200, or around NOK 13,000. Will set a new course There were few good words about Donald Trump in Harris’s speech. Mostly, she accused him of fighting for billionaires and big corporations, while painting herself as a champion of the working and middle classes. There were not many positive portrayals to be heard when Harris talked about Trump. Photo: Jonathan Drake / Reuters Trump had visited North Carolina two days before, where he himself was supposed to talk about the economy. According to Harris, he did not provide a “serious plan” to reduce spending on Americans. – Now is the time to chart a new course forward, Harris concluded. Published 16.08.2024, at 22.09 Updated 16.08.2024, at 23.08
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