Harris blasted over economic plans to address problems of current administration's own making

Since taking the reins from Joe Biden last month, Kamala Harris has been enjoying what media figures have been calling a “honeymoon phase” or a “sugar rush” of popularity free from substantial scrutiny.

However, Harris was in for a rude awakening last week after unveiling details of her “day one” economic plan for the country, drawing criticism for failing to address the identified problems during the more than three years she has already spent working in the White House, as Fox News reports.

Harris holds forth

Taking to social media to further outline her plans for America's economy, Harris began, “When I am President, it will be a day one priority to bring down prices.”

“I'll take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging and corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents on working families,” she went on.

However, it was not lost on her critics that she has done little to further any of those objectives while serving as Biden's vice president, a position with an arguably considerable degree of influence.

In response to Harris' pledge, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz asked, “What have you been doing the last four years?”

Writing in a similar vein was conservative commentator Collin Rugg, who mused, “Day 1 was 3.5 years ago for you. What are you talking about?”

Substance slammed

It was not just the belated nature of Harris' interest in righting the American economic ship, but also the substance of her plans that elicited a deluge of critiques and, indeed, mockery from both side of the aisle, as the New York Post reported.

While it was no surprise that a pundit such as RedState's Bonchie declared that the sort of price control policy proposed by Harris “has led to economic ruin in every nation it's been tried,” the vice president also drew scorn from sources she may not have anticipated.

The typically liberal-friendly Washington Post editorial board published a piece lambasting Harris for suggesting that inflation is the result of price gouging and offering what they termed “populist gimmicks” as the solution.

According to the board, Harris would have done better to “level with voters” and admit that “inflation spiked in 2021 mainly because the pandemic snarled supply chains, and that the Federal Reserve's policies, wh ich the Biden-Harris administration supported, are working to slow it,” lamenting that she instead “opted for a less forthright route: Blaming big business.”

The Post board went on, writing, “Thankfully, this gambit by Ms. Harris has been met with almost instant skepticism, with many critics citing President Richard M. Nixon's failed price controls from the 1970s” and musing, “Whether the Harris proposal wins over voters remains to be seen, but if sound economic analysis still matters, it won't.” Ouch.