Refraining from saying the economy is great is a big step #1. He could've done temporary tax cuts for lower income brackets that would be tied to the inflation rate that could have helped with the increased costs. He could have put together a task force of mayors and governors in populous blue states to increase housing by slashing devel…
Refraining from saying the economy is great is a big step #1. He could've done temporary tax cuts for lower income brackets that would be tied to the inflation rate that could have helped with the increased costs. He could have put together a task force of mayors and governors in populous blue states to increase housing by slashing development red tape and eliminating local NIMBYism by moving housing development control from municipal localities to the state government.
But aside from policy, he could have done more to be a better communicator with the American people on inflation. Biden was said to be "the great empathizer" but I didn't see a lot of that supposed communications expertise on display during inflation. I mostly just saw finger-pointing at corporations for supposed price-gouging and that's about it. People wanted to be heard, consoled, and to have solutions provided--even if only temporary ones. They also need to understand how and why inflation was happening, because failing to do so allowed Trump & MAGA to just say it was because of Biden's policies at a time when Biden was quite on the issue. He needed to play political defense by defining the issue rather than having his opponents define the issue for him with Americans.
Refraining from saying the economy is great is a big step #1. He could've done temporary tax cuts for lower income brackets that would be tied to the inflation rate that could have helped with the increased costs. He could have put together a task force of mayors and governors in populous blue states to increase housing by slashing development red tape and eliminating local NIMBYism by moving housing development control from municipal localities to the state government.
But aside from policy, he could have done more to be a better communicator with the American people on inflation. Biden was said to be "the great empathizer" but I didn't see a lot of that supposed communications expertise on display during inflation. I mostly just saw finger-pointing at corporations for supposed price-gouging and that's about it. People wanted to be heard, consoled, and to have solutions provided--even if only temporary ones. They also need to understand how and why inflation was happening, because failing to do so allowed Trump & MAGA to just say it was because of Biden's policies at a time when Biden was quite on the issue. He needed to play political defense by defining the issue rather than having his opponents define the issue for him with Americans.
So, better communicator is #1. Related failures were not deploying surrogates to compensate for that and to prepare Harris for the 2O24 race.
Re the housing crisis, the State of California is movig housing development control from the municipal localities to the state.