Kamala Harris
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So we're building back up America's infrastructure.
It's 150 years old.
CHIPS is about manufacturing chips, U.S.
manufacturing.
Both incredibly important.
If I had to do it over again, I would have first gone with our family business.
That was about extension of the child tax credit, affordable child care, paid family leave.
We needed to deal with the immediate issues affecting the American people.
In fact, that's why I ran.
for the 107 days on those issues, including having Medicare cover, for example, for people in the sandwich generation who are taking care of young children and older parents, Medicare cover home health care, right?
Why I offer for small businesses that they would get a $50,000 tax credit because nobody can, for startup small businesses, because nobody can start up a small business on a $5,000 tax credit, right?
I think there is that perception.
I don't know if that is the case in reality, but I think we have some work to do.
I mean, I talk about it in the book, for example.
I think it was a mistake to not invite Elon Musk.
when we had, and I'm no fan of his, but I admire his work as an innovator and as, you know, what he has done in terms of American manufacturing of electric vehicles.
We should have had him at the White House when we had all the other electric vehicle, American electric vehicle manufacturers, right?
I mean, this gets back to my earlier point about what's the motivation for the decisions that a leader makes.
And the motivation has to be what is for the greater good.
and have the ability to put aside those things that may fall in the context of being more personal.