Democrats content with Harris pushing economic vibes over substance — for now
By
Christian Datoc
and
Naomi Lim
August 25, 2024 7:00 am
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CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris has yet to produce a fully fleshed-out economic platform ahead of the general election in November.
The vice president has been criticized for not only dripping out her 2024 policy proposals — like installing tax credits for incentivizing new home construction, targeting price gouging among food suppliers and retailers, promoting growth of cryptocurrencies, and eliminating taxes on tips — but also flipping on a number of her previously held, significantly more progressive policy positions after taking over the top of the ticket from President Joe Biden.
The Harris campaign says that the vice president plans to advance parts of Biden’s unrealized economic proposals, and allies and Democratic strategists consistently pointed to the 2024 Democratic National Convention as a prime venue for Harris to expand on her own economic ideals.
But through her keynote DNC address, she made a number of promises to address voters’ top economic concerns; the vice president generally did so in broad strokes as opposed to meticulously detailing economic executive actions or legislation she would push as the nation’s highest elected official.
Harris promised Thursday to fight for an “opportunity economy where everyone has the chance to compete and a chance to succeed,” a sleeker refashioning of Biden’s pledge to build the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.
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