Harris Reveals 1 Part of the Inflation Reduction Act She Is ‘Excited’ About – It’s Not About Bringing Prices Down

Vice President Kamala Harris is sharing one part of the Inflation Reduction Act she is most excited about. Harris sat down for a climate discussion with the “A Matter of Degrees” podcast on Tuesday. One of the co-hosts…

Bradley CortrightOct 19, 20223 min read

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Yes, this was a climate discussion. But the bill was sold as something to bring down prices. It’s in the name.

You might think Harris would tout what she says are measures in the bill designed to bring down costs for Americans, and then talk about the climate measures. But instead, she went straight to electric school buses.

It’s kind of a tacit admission that this bill was a vehicle for Democrats to push through some of their agenda on Climate Change and healthcare. And it was given its name because who is going to sink a bill named the Inflation Reduction Act?

The name seems to have given Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) the cover he believed he needed to vote for the $430 billion bill despite previously raising concerns about Inflation.

Even mainstream news outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, Politico, CNN, and ABC News, essentially admitted the bill was not really about Inflation as they called it some version of a climate, tax, and healthcare bill in their headlines.

If reducing Inflation was the main goal of the Inflation Reduction Act, why is stemming price increases almost an afterthought when the bill is discussed?