Contrary to the received wisdom, Trump’s problem is not that he speaks too little about his economic policies
— it’s that💥 his policies would be undeniably bad for the economy and for working Americans.
⭐️And the more voters learn about what Trump is planning to do, 👉the worse it is for him.
This intractable problem stands to become even more serious for Trump as voters learn more about Vice President Harris’s policies,
which actually speak to the concerns and needs of working people and families.
Trump has been a clear and constant exponent of his economic program,
which can be boiled down to three proposals.
🔸First, impose massive, and hugely inflationary, #tariffs on imported goods, which will hit consumers directly in the pocketbook.
🔸Second, massively cut #taxes, again, for the #wealthy.
🔸And, finally, the mass round up of and #deportation of immigrants, including those playing crucial roles in the growing economy.
Trump never hesitates to advocate this three pronged “economic policy” during his rallies,
and as he did (over and over) yesterday during a two hour “speech” before the Detroit Economic Club.
The problem is that
— outside of the xenophobes who constitute his hardcore base and the mega-wealthy bankrolling his super PACs
— Trump’s proposals hardly resonate as a prescription for making the American economy better for most Americans.
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Harris and Walz are winning the economic policy argument
They're turning a Democratic weakness into a strength.davidrlurie (Public Notice)
Chuck Darwin
in reply to Chuck Darwin • • •The Vance-Walz VP debate demonstrated that Vance still well understands how politically perilous Trump’s regressive economic program is,
and his answer to the problem was to sound as much like a Democrat as possible.
Vance’s “smooth” performance was largely focused on misleadingly suggesting that the GOP favors many of the same policy priorities as Kamala Harris.
For example, a large portion of the debate was devoted to the shortage and high cost of housing,
a particular concern for younger and middle income Americans,
and a problem Harris has placed at the center of her campaign agenda.
Walz focused on Harris’s proposals, including providing targeted tax incentives for building affordable housing and mortgage assistance to first time buyers.
Vance wholly agreed with Walz about the problems of the high cost and unaffordability of housing,
seeming to express a bleeding heart’s sympathy for the working class.
But he then absurdly suggested that the nation’s housing problem can be solved by kicking immigrants out of their homes,
deporting them, and
building housing in “national parks.”
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Chuck Darwin • • •Vance really, really does not want to discuss the real causes of housing unaffordability. GOP billionaires.
medium.com/@hrnews1/in-2024-am…
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Megadonors like Stephen Schwarzman who buy up residential housing en masse & drive up prices.
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thenation.com/article/culture/…
finance.yahoo.com/news/blackst…
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Harlan Crow's RealPage price fixing rents.
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