Article by Elise Stefanik of RealClearPolitics
Of the countless lies about Kamala Harris perpetrated by the Democratic Party and its loyal stenographers in the mainstream media, one of the most egregious is that a Kamala Harris presidency would bring historic economic opportunity to working women.
Unfortunately for Democrats desperate to erase the data that is publicly available, the numbers tell the exact opposite story: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have saddled women with the biggest pay cuts of a century, an inflation crisis, higher taxes and an economic collapse, while President Trump has given American women the biggest economic boost of any modern president.
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Average earnings for women increased every year under the Trump administration, hitting a record high in 2020. Real average weekly earnings increased 8.2% under President Trump but fell 3.9% under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
During President Trump’s term, unemployment rates for women overall, and Black women in particular, reached an all-time low. In 2019, the labor force participation gap between men and women narrowed to its smallest on record. President Trump’s economy made history with the largest percentage of women in the workforce ever.
This is no coincidence. Understanding that working women also have to balance family and responsibilities, President Trump introduced family-friendly economic policies, such as doubling the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child and expanding eligibility. Under his leadership, approximately 40 million families received an average benefit of $2,200, and the credit totaled approximately $88 billion.
He then created the first-ever paid family leave tax credit for employees making under $72,000 a year, signed into law 12 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees, and he also signed the largest-ever increase in the Child Care and Development Block Grant, expanding access to quality, affordable child care to more than 800,000 low-income families.
President Trump signed into law a provision that allows new parents who give birth or adopt a child to withdraw up to $5,000 from their retirement accounts without penalty.
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A common question about balancing work and home life is, “Can women have it both?” Under President Trump’s leadership, the answer is a resounding “yes.”
Under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, not so much.
Biden and Harris’ failed economic policies have hurt all Americans, but women have been hit the hardest. Women have borne the brunt of this with Kamala Harris’ vote for Biden’s ludicrously named “Break Inflation Act,” which has fueled inflation with its monstrous climate change spending overspending. As a result, women are working longer hours and delaying retirement.
Talk to any woman in America and there’s no question that inflation is a women’s issue. Since Kamala Harris became vice president, prices have risen 19.4%, making it harder for women to provide for their families. Women make up the majority of grocery shoppers, and grocery bills have skyrocketed, forcing many Americans to cut back on essentials.
A single mother of two in Nevada said she had to sell her car to buy groceries under Biden, while a mother of two in Michigan said Biden’s radical green energy policies, plus Kamala Harris’ runoff victory, “means I have to think about gas prices before I can buy clothes for my kids.”
According to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, families currently need to spend an additional $12,590 per year to maintain the same standard of living as three years ago, and 67% of parents say inflation affected their ability to pay for their children’s education, school supplies and extracurricular activities in the last year. Child care costs have increased 32% for the average family since 2019, with nearly two-thirds of families spending more than 20% of their annual income on child care.
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The average price of a pack of disposable diapers has increased 32% since 2019, and 47% of households report struggling to afford diapers. In 2022, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ incompetence has caused a powdered milk shortage and prices have skyrocketed to an all-time high. Approximately 44 million people live in food insecure households in 2022, a 31% annual increase and the largest annual increase since 2008.
Women make up the majority of the American electorate, so it’s no wonder Harris’ propaganda machine is ramping up its gaslighting efforts to make women feel better off than they’ve ever been. But no matter how much Democrats lie, the numbers don’t lie. The numbers show that President Trump not only deeply cares about women and all Americans, but that he knows what it takes to stimulate the economy and create historic opportunity for us all.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris sees women as a convenient voting bloc to pander to, coax, and abandon in support of economically harmful, ultra-liberal policies.
Women voters, don’t be fooled.
Distributed with permission From RealClearWire.
