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Vice President Kamala Harris will propose a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses on Wednesday, a tenfold increase over existing relief and her latest economic policy aimed at winning over middle-class Americans after jumping into the presidential race over a month ago.

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 28 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Of course all of these things would be nice, but I just don't think it's an electable platform in 2024.

It's not based in reality, but the "biden broke the ecomony" narrative has a lot of traction.

This type of policy would lose more votes than it would win.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Dam, you both sound right. And that's some sad shit to realize.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (4 children)

We can both be right. My goal is showing how appealing government spending can be and is generally. The more people thinking this way, the more palatable "you know what, maybe we should have a 1000% tax on private jet and yacht fuel".

Raising taxes on multimillionaires/billionaires should be a lot more popular than it currently is.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We can both be right.

I chuckled a little when I read that: "Thats not how social media is supposed to work..."

I was supposed to get popcorn, and you two were supposed to fight it out over the next 12 hours arguing about the same thing without realizing it. Pfft. There went my entertainment.

(Obviously, I jest.)

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Lol, I try to be reasonable. I know my positions aren't generally popular which is why I'm not saying Kamala should campaign on them. But I could see them working quite well for a congressional or Senate seat.

Ironically, progressive positions do often play well in deep red states. It's centrist Democrats that have a tendency to outright reject them.

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