Having overseen a spectacular increase in mortgage rates during her time in Washington, Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris said she wants to make it easier to buy a home, courtesy of the taxpayer. Harris is announcing Friday that if she is elected she will seek to ram through Congress a proposal to shell out $25,000 in federal money to what it calls working families buying their first home, according to ABC. Individuals who are the first in their families to buy a home would get even more generous taxpayer-funded handouts. “Many Americans work hard at their jobs…