Personal finance expert Dave Ramsey told Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ lack of clarity on her economic agenda concerns him.
Harris has faced scrutiny for her vague policy positions on the campaign trail, including her stance on tariffs if she is elected president in November. Ramsey, on “The Tucker Carlson Show,” said Harris’ “ambiguity” worries him more than their policy differences, adding that he believes former President Donald Trump is more transparent. (RELATED: ‘You Have Changed’: Harris Faces Brutal Grilling On Flip-Flops, Border Crisis In 60 Minutes Interview)
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“I’ll hire more people at Ramsey [Solutions] and grow what we do if I think I’m safe, if I’m in a predictable environment. And that’s what scares me about Vice President Harris is that I don’t think there’s a solid program. Even if I didn’t agree with the program, I can’t tell what it is,” Ramsey said. “And so as a businessman, her ambiguity is more scary than my disagreement with her policy.”
Carlson asked if Ramsey thinks the majority of businessmen would agree, to which the finance expert answered affirmatively.
“When you take away my sure footing, even if it’s treacherous footing, the ambiguity causes the economy to slow down, and that’s what we’re sitting in right now. The lack of leadership out of the White House today … the sheer silence and the frozen like a deer in the headlights for the last, what, minimum 14 months, 15 months has frozen the freakin’ economy,” Ramsey added. “It’s just sitting and looking at us. And so that’s what scares me more than anything else. Even if you disagree with Trump, at least, by God, you know what he’s going to do. Drill, baby drill, lower taxes, blow up the thing.”
The finance expert added he disagrees with Trump on tariffs but said the former president’s “clear” and “predictable” agenda would “cause prosperity.”
Harris began to roll out her economic policies in mid-August, receiving backlash for her plan for a federal ban on “corporate price gouging” and a housing plan of providing $25,000 for first-time homebuyers. She recently unveiled an economic agenda specifically aimed at black men, but her campaign backpedaled soon after, asserting Wednesday that the program will now be open to all Americans.
Nearly 55% of voters believe Trump would handle the economy “better” than Harris, according to a September New York Times/Siena College poll.
Democratic strategist James Carville in September advised Harris to stop attempting to persuade voters that the economy is doing well under her and President Joe Biden’s tenure. He suggested Harris shift her focus to underscoring the potential dangers of Trump’s economic policies, like tariffs, instead.
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