Kamala Harris economic plan to focus on groceries, housing and healthcare
Kamala Harris economic plan to focus on groceries, housing and healthcare
Democratic nominee to draw contrast with Trump on tax and tariffs when she lays out plans on Friday, aides say
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Among the plans from the Harris campaign is a federal ban on price-gouging in the industries. Most states currently have such bans in place.
O...kay.
Harris will single out meat prices, and in particular the meat-processing industry. Her first 100 days will also see support for small businesses, a “crack down on unfair mergers and acquisitions” among food corporations.
Bird flu and swine flu are two of the biggest pressure points on agricultural supply. Heat and drought are also doing horrible things to cattle stock. Will her support for small businesses address this? Guess we'll have to tune in next week to find out.
Harris no longer supports measures from her short-lived 2020 presidential bid such as a fracking ban or Medicare for All, advisers told Reuters.
sigh
Her campaign said it wanted to avoid dividing voters and attracting attacks from business groups over granular details
mega-sigh
She will push plans to cut costs of rental housing and home ownership, including funding more affordable housing and building climate resistant communities.
Sounds nice. Wonder what the details will look like.
“She does have a focus on housing because we know and she knows very, very clearly that housing is a crisis in this country,” said Marcia Fudge, a Harris adviser and the former housing and urban development secretary under Biden.
glances at the housing market under Biden
Oof.
Yes, yes. We all know that you folks have moved on from "don't vote for Biden" to "don't vote for Harris."
This country really needs Project 2025, doesn't it?
Who said not to vote for her?
I didn't read that anywhere in Weevil's comment.What do you think their comment implies? What do you think their latest comment suggests?
That these policies are rather mid, and they would like to see better. That doesn't imply anything about voting.
You can support your favorite sports ball team, and still complain when they suck, wanting them to do better.
You gotta realize, America isn't a new iPhone release with chamfered edges. We're trying to save America from Fascism. That the campaign is also doing things on top of that is just great. They've already probably accomplished much more in the last 4 years than you realized, not even counting the fact that they had to undo the clusterfuck that DonOld the Orange Bloat left behind where departments had no people, no records, nothing.
Example of what you should expect in the future based on the last 4 years (as summarized by ChatGPT):
Biden-Harris Administration Accomplishments (2020-2024)
Summary of Key Accomplishments
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Economic Recovery and Job Creation:
- Created over 12 million jobs, including 6.6 million in the first year—more than any other president in U.S. history.
- Passed the American Rescue Plan, providing direct relief to Americans and supporting economic recovery post-pandemic.
- Achieved record investments in U.S. manufacturing through the CHIPS and Science Act, fostering innovation and reducing dependence on foreign semiconductors.
- Implemented the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in clean energy and climate action in U.S. history.
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Healthcare and Social Policies:
- Expanded healthcare access and reduced premiums under the Affordable Care Act, saving Americans $800 per year on average.
- Passed the PACT Act to address health impacts on veterans exposed to toxins.
- Provided historic student debt relief, including forgiveness of up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients.
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Infrastructure and Environmental Initiatives:
- Passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, allocating $1.2 trillion to improve roads, bridges, public transit, and broadband across the country.
- Committed to ambitious climate goals, aiming for a 50-52% reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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Social Justice and Civil Rights:
- Protected marriage equality for LGBTQI+ and interracial couples through bipartisan legislation.
- Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and implemented measures to reduce police violence, including banning chokeholds and no-knock warrants at the federal level.
- Successfully nominated and confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Foreign Policy and National Security:
- Rallied international support for Ukraine in response to Russia’s invasion, strengthening NATO and facilitating the addition of Finland and Sweden to the alliance.
- Led successful counterterrorism operations, eliminating key leaders of ISIS and Al Qaeda without committing large numbers of U.S. ground troops.
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Economic and Trade Policies:
- Navigated the U.S. economy through high inflation and interest rate challenges, maintaining economic growth with a 2.5% GDP increase in 2023.
- Introduced a new approach to globalization, balancing trade with industrial policies to boost U.S. manufacturing and secure jobs.
Departmental and Agency Accomplishments
Department of Transportation (DOT)
- Safety Regulations: Implemented several final rules to improve transportation safety, including:
- Requiring railroads to provide real-time information to emergency personnel about hazardous material shipments.
- Introducing rules to enhance rail safety by mandating adequate training and certification for train dispatchers and signal employees.
- Mandating automatic emergency braking systems in passenger cars and light trucks to reduce accidents.
- Consumer Protections: Expanded airline passenger rights, requiring airlines to provide automatic cash refunds for canceled or significantly changed flights, and imposed penalties on airlines for consumer protection violations.
- Infrastructure Investments: Funded nearly 3,000 low- and zero-emission transit buses and over 5,000 clean school buses as part of efforts to modernize the transportation system.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Broadband Expansion: Expanded broadband access across the U.S., focusing on underserved and rural areas.
- Combatting Robocalls: Intensified efforts to crack down on illegal robocalls, implementing stricter rules and encouraging carriers to adopt call authentication technology.
- Net Neutrality and Digital Equity: Worked on restoring net neutrality protections and advancing digital equity initiatives.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Consumer Protection: Focused on protecting consumers from deceptive practices, particularly in online marketplaces and digital platforms.
- Antitrust Enforcement: Increased antitrust efforts, particularly in the tech industry, to challenge mergers and practices that could harm competition.
- Subscription Services: Launched initiatives to make it easier for consumers to unsubscribe from unwanted memberships and recurring payments.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Combatting PFAS Pollution: Launched a comprehensive PFAS Roadmap to research, restrict, and remediate harmful PFAS chemicals in the environment.
- Climate Action: Took significant steps to reduce methane emissions through the Super Emitter Program, which monitors large methane leaks and requires operators to address them.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Consumer Relief: Enforcement actions since 2021 resulted in approximately $19 billion in relief for consumers, impacting around 195 million people.
- Fair Lending Practices: Referred a record number of fair lending matters to the Department of Justice for enforcement.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- Worker Protections: Actively protected workers’ rights, including reversing Trump-era policies that limited workers' ability to organize and collectively bargain.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
- Financial Stability: Strengthened regulations to ensure financial stability and consumer protection, including stricter oversight of financial institutions.
Department of Energy (DOE)
- Infrastructure Investments: Key player in modernizing U.S. energy infrastructure, including investments in clean energy technologies and grid modernization.
- Carbon Capture and Storage: Advanced carbon capture and storage technologies through initiatives like the Carbon Negative Shot.
- Energy Equity: Emphasized ensuring that the benefits of clean energy reach underserved communities.
Department of Education
- Student Debt Forgiveness: Implemented historic student debt relief, including cancellation of up to $20,000 in federal student loans for Pell Grant recipients.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Overhauled the PSLF program to make it easier for borrowers to qualify for loan forgiveness.
- Pandemic Response: Directed significant funding from the American Rescue Plan to help schools reopen safely and address learning loss.
- Equity in Education: Increased funding for schools serving low-income students and strengthened enforcement of civil rights laws in schools.
Upvote for effort alone.
But you gotta realize, I didn't mention Biden's accomplishments. It's all arguing against something I wasn't even talking about. So as great as your comment is, it's kinda misplaced.
You're choosing a team. Not a person.
I'm choosing a person, hoping they build (inherit) a good team.
Copypasta takes no effort at all.
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Virtually every comment they have made since then is about not voting for Harris.
I've read them all.
They complain about policy more, explain the election system, and complain about Netenyahoo jerking us around. None of which suggests to not vote for Harris.In fact they clearly state that Trump is worse.
I think you are deliberately refusing to see something that pretty much everyone else here can see just because he isn't literally saying "don't vote for Harris."
But sure, maybe he's saying not to vote at all. Which is basically the same thing.
As someone who is terminally on Lemmy you should do more to build a better culture of charitable interpretation of what people are saying instead of trying to fucking gestapo-up alleged Trump supporters and silence any criticism of your preferred candidate.
It's toxic shit
No, Democrats are perfect and anyone who doesn't love their constant failures at everything but funding genocide must be literally Trump.
Maybe you should look at their post history and see if that "charitable interpretation" is justified.
To me it seems like they're criticising her from the left and that's valid criticism. I didn't run a background check on them so maybe they aren't. Maybe they won't even vote.
I'm not going to bully them until they leave, though.
This community is extremely toxic. It's no different than the politics subreddit.
Keep punching left, guys. That'll work.
Close.
I'm deliberately refusing to infer something that isn't implied. I'm refusing to try to mind-read someone I don't know. I'm deliberately accepting their statements at face value, because I don't know them.It's how I would hope people read what I write.
And how I believe we can have more productive interactions online.Well I do know them. I've seen them post here for a long time. I've also seen them switch almost immediately from "don't vote for Biden" to "don't vote for Harris."
If what you've argued about their statements today, is indicative of your interpretation of their statements then... I hope you'll understand and forgive my doubts.
As a leftist I was critical of Biden and continued to be critical of Harris, despite hating Trump even moreso.
It's not suspicious, it's consistent based on our ideology.
As I've said elsewhere I'm an expat not a resident, so I mostly vote here in Canada, and I don't really like any of my 3 main options right now. I'll strategically vote to keep the Conservatives out, but that doesn't mean I like the Liberals and I'm comfortable criticising Trudeau.
I think its more like when you see somebody step on a rake and it hits them in the face. The natural response is to be like "oh no" . Fortunately these are second hand sources and Walz is hopefully on hand to check some of the more lawyer tendencies when dealing with the public.
I’m voting for her, I’m pissed about anyone not voting for her, but also I’m mad because it’s looking like she’s choosing half measures on a lot of things I care about. We need M4A, we need a reduction/elimination of meat subsidies and to replace them with more climate friendly food subsidies. These aren’t minor differences. Honestly I think we need to nationalize all the health insurers solely so they don’t try anything shady
don’t vote for Harris
I'm curious to know what Harris stands for and this article doesn't seem to offer much.
This country really needs Project 2025, doesn’t it?
Project 2025 seems bad and I wouldn't suggest voting for a guy like Vance or Trump, given his support of it. But Harris's response appears to be to just not talk about policy and campaign without upsetting anybody.
Who do you think wins if people don't vote for Harris?
American elections aren't decided by the popular vote, so its anyone's guess.
They are decided by the per-state popular vote, as I am sure you know.
Who wins when not enough people per state vote for Harris?
They are decided by the per-state popular vote
They're decided by an electoral college selected by the party. We've seen state governments assert the right of the state legislature to usurp the popular vote by citing Rehnquist's decision in Bush v Gore. And while you'd like to think this remains a decision in popular hands, Idk how current composition of the SCOTUS will respond if presented with an opportunity to overturn another general election victory by the Democrats.
Who wins when not enough people per state vote for Harris?
In theory, its the Big Scary Cheeto (or, assuming another Demolition Ranch subscriber gets within 400 feet of the former Prez, JD "Couchfucker" Vance).
But if all you care about is Not-Trump, why are you in a thread talking about Harris's policy? Why take offense at anyone asking? You know who you're voting for, regardless of what she says, so why are you in here pretending that you care?
I am not pretending that I care that people don't vote for Harris.
I fucking care because I don't want a fucking genocidal dictator. Why don't you care about that?
I am not pretending that I care that people don’t vote for Harris.
Then you think you'd care about the nine people who will ultimately decide this election. You'd think that would lead to more calls of "Pack the Court", "Fight illegal felony disenfranchisement laws", and "Support universal mail-in voting", rather than "Fuck you for asking what anyone supports".
Instead, I'm seeing someone who is willing to waltz blindly into another Bush v Gore SCOTUS sponsored upset while screaming "Fascist!" at the Naderites.
Why don’t you care about that?
The difference between caring about this election and caring about democracy is in wanting your team to win this round and wanting general participation in democratic institutions after November.
Securing Universal Health Care Through a Public Option
That's in the platform, but it appears it isn't part of Harris's platform because she's afraid it might upset people in the private industry.
And possibly because it’ll upset the victims of the private industry. MFA is the only solution to the American healthcare crisis. They’ve already sold off parts of Medicare. We need to kill the private health insurance industry or it will keep trying to get us back here
You didn’t say how any of her plans are going to be bad for America. Why don’t you go to the points you highlife and tell us how they’re going to hurt Americans. Show us you really understand the things you don’t like.
Fracking is contributing to climate change and can harm local environments.
Medicare for all is a popular progressive universal health care solution.
In an ideal world her positions on these would at best be the platform of the right wing candidate.
In our world the "left" candidate continues to be right of global center
You’re against fracking but don’t like it when a candidate is for less fracking?
What’s wrong g with universal health care? If the military has it why can’t civilians?
The article is saying she no longer supports a fracking BAN and no longer supports Medicare for all, i.e. she has shifted her views right.
The article says it, has Harris said she isn’t going to do anything about fracking?
And just because she changed some of her views to win battle ground states means you don’t support her anymore and are going to vote for Trump? No candidate is perfect. It she’s so much better than Trump
wow dude chill out, we don't have to blindly and ignorantly worship Harris to prove we're not Trump supporters.
This is blue MAGA shit. Fuck off with that
Oh shut up lmao. I’m voting for the best candidate. I’m not sorry I don’t support a convicted felon. Harris isn’t perfect but she’s so much better than Trump.
You can pick any president in history and nit-pick their policies. What you’re doing is making it seem like she’s a worse option than a convicted felon. And just because I support her doesn’t mean that I’m blindly following her. Stop projecting.
you're squashing any criticism and accusing people of being Trump supporters for wishing she was more progressive.
That's silencing progressive voices (like mine)
All either of us said was we hope she doesn't allow fracking
You’re free to criticize anyone you want. I’m criticizing Trump. I’m telling you she isn’t perfect. I’m telling you that I’m booting for the best candidate. Tell me, how am I silencing progressive voices when I am saying she isn’t perfect?
But why don’t you go and tell us who you plan on voting for?
I'm an American expat that hasn't lived there since I was a baby but if I can figure out how to vote it'll be for Harris.
You're silencing voices with your reaction, we can share in our disappointment that she apparently no longer supports Medicare for All and we can share in our disappointment that she apparently softened her climate strategy without accusing each other of being saboteurs and doing the equivalent of asking to see my papers to prove I'm not a Trump supporter.
It's rabid, psychotic behavior.
She needs to steal votes from trump.
If she doesn't she won't be pres.
The best way to woo voters from the right is to avoid being too far left.
Isnt this how hillary clinton lost? appealing too much to nobody in particular?
The center is small and fickle in the US. Imo its less they're turned off by leftist policies (people forget red florida passed higher min wages by initiative) and more they're turned off by democrats who drag their feet or complicate things unneccessarily or who balk when their corporate donors tighten the leash.
The way to campaign in the US is to distance yourself from parties while sticking to popular policies.
No she lost because everyone thought there v was no way trump could win, so they didn't bother to vote.
Isnt this how hillary clinton lost? appealing too much to nobody in particular?
Yes, but the alternative involves not sprinting to the right in order to peel off exactly zero votes from the Republican party.
Yeah that "will single out meat prices" got my eyes rolling so hard I might have a knot in my nerves now.
Meat production is one of the main contributors to the climate crisis. We need to produce less of it. I get that campaigning with that message would probably not be popular, but just focussing on groceries would have been enough right?
It's also just one of those things where people will never be happy. Unless you can get a prime cut porterhouse for a nickel, you're going to have the ahem meat heads screaming that you've failed them. Would love to buy a head of lettuce for under $3, though. Or a bag of onions. We used to practically give away corn and now it's two ears for $1.
So much basic foodstuff has skyrocketed in price, well before you get to the pork chops and chilean seabass.
Bird flu and swine flu are two of the biggest pressure points on agricultural supply. Heat and drought are also doing horrible things to cattle stock. Will her support for small businesses address this?
Are we pretending that the American meat industry is small business now?
As for housing, the ONLY answer is to remove corporate ownership of single-family dwellings.
Are we pretending that the American meat industry is small business now?
This isn't a "small business" problem. Firms like Tyson and Smithfield can suffer hundreds of millions in loses in the event of a livestock flu outbreak. Their mega-farms and super-sized slaughterhouses are rife with disease, which is why their animals have to be pumped full of antibiotics and antivirals practically from birth. And that's before you get into the risk of their ag workers getting infected by a mutant strain and turning the disease into a global pandemic. The so-called Spanish Flu got started on a pig farm just outside a Kansas City military base, before spreading to the front lines in Europe during America's late entry into WW1.
That's the kind of enormous tail risks the meat industry is juggling right now. And its a major driver behind inflating pork, chicken, and egg prices.
As for housing, the ONLY answer is to remove corporate ownership of single-family dwellings.
No way Harris does anything even resembling this. The Real Estate Industry would revolt en mass.