CORE VALUES
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WELFARE
• Harris would shore up the welfare state
• Harris plans to increase the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,000, plus $6,000 per child in the baby’s first year.
HEALTHCARE
• Extend enhanced subsidies for purchasing health insurance
TAX CREDIT
• Increase Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income workers who don’t have children
LOWER ENERGY BILLS
• Lower energy bills by making energy-saving upgrades to up to two million low-income households and affordable and public housing units within five years
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HARRIS PLAN “Reduce Poverty”
Harris has announcing a new plan to lower costs for American families. If I had to draw a Venn diagram of the plan — Harris is known to adore Venn diagrams — it would consist of two circles. One would be “proposals that reduce inflation.” The other would be “proposals that are good.” There would be no overlap.
INCREASE CHILD TAX CREDIT
The “good” circle of Harris proposals consists largely of familiar Democratic Party plans to shore up the welfare state. Harris’s plan would increase the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,000, plus $6,000 per child in the baby’s first year.
HEALTH INSURANCE
She would extend enhanced subsidies for purchasing health insurance on the individual market, which makes health care affordable for workers who are too affluent for Medicaid but can’t don’t get insurance from an employer. (Those subsidies are set to expire in 2025.)
EARNED INCOME TAX
Harris would also increase the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income workers who don’t have children.
LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Harris also proposes to expand the administration’s power to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, which the Inflation Reduction Act created in embryonic form. That lowers the cost of medication for consumers, and also saves money for taxpayers.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
The final good idea in Harris’s plan is to increase the supply of housing. Housing costs have risen primarily because local regulations make it difficult or impossible to build housing in places people want to live. Solving the NIMBY (“not in my back yard”) problem is difficult, especially at the federal level, because the opposition occurs mostly in the form of local zoning regulations. But there is a federal role in giving states and cities an incentive to cut the red tape and permit more housing construction.
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SOURCE: Intelligencer
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/kamala-harriss-economic-plan-good-politics-meh-policy.html
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2024 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM POSITION: Economy
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WE SUPPORT THE 10-20-30 PLAN TO END POVERTY
WE’LL RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR
WE BELIEVE HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT
LOWER ENERGY BILLS BY MAKING ENERGY SAVING UPGRADES
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HOW THE DEMOCRATS WILL DO IT.
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END POVERTY
The federal government, fails to capture critical needs like housing, education, health care, transportation, energy, and other necessities, and therefore understates the true share of Americans living in poverty.
We will support the 10-20-30 funding approach, to direct at least 10 percent of federal funding to communities where 20 percent or more of the population has been living below the poverty line for 30 years or longer. Directing more federal investment to the communities most in need will help create jobs; improve and expand housing; modernize and expand transportation, clean water, wastewater, energy, and broadband infrastructure; and promote shared prosperity.
Raise the Minimum Wage
We will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and guarantee equal pay for women, two measures that in combination will pull millions of families out of poverty.
Tax Breaks
We will make it easier for working families to benefit from targeted tax breaks, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit, which too often go unclaimed by the lowest-income tax filers. We will significantly expand affordable housing and build new public housing for the first time since the 1990s, and guarantee Section 8 benefits to all who qualify—all of which will help reduce housing costs and increase housing availability for low-income families.
Health Care is a Right
Democrats believe health care is a human right. We will incentivize states to expand Medicaid and enroll low-income people who do not otherwise have health insurance in a new, high-quality public option without premiums.
No One Should Go Hungry
In the wealthiest country on earth, it is a moral abomination that any child could ever go to bed hungry. Democrats will increase funding for food assistance programs, including SNAP, WIC, and school meals. We will also remove barriers that keep the formerly incarcerated from accessing food assistance.
Lower Utility bills
Democrats will lower families’ energy bills by making energy-saving upgrades to up to two million low-income households and affordable and public housing units within five years,
NOTE: To learn more and see the complete Democratic Platform, go to: https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/building-a-stronger-fairer-economy
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SOURCE: https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/party-platform/building-a-stronger-fairer-economy/
CORE VALUES
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GET HOMELESS OFF THE STREETS
• Under Trumps strategy, working with states, they will Ban urban camping wherever possible
• Violators of these bans will be arrested, but can accept treatment
• Trump stated that homeless have no right to turn every park and sidewalk into a place for them
TENT CITY FOR HELP
• Create Tent Cities on inexpensive land, bring in health professionals where the homeless can be relocated and their problems identified.
• For people severely mentally ill and deeply disturbed, they will bring them back to mental institutions, where they belong – quote from Trump speech
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
• Preserve Social Security and Medicare funding for the next Generation and beyond
VETERANS
• We will restore Trump Administration reforms to expand Veterans’ Healthcare Choices
• Trump supports programs to shelter and treat homeless Veterans
DEPORT ILLEGALS
• Carry out the largest deportation in American history ending mass unskilled migration. Illegals will no longer take benefits away from poor Americans
TAX SAVINGS
• Eliminate Taxes on Tips for millions of Restaurant and Hospitality trying to make ends meet
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WHAT TRUMP SAYS – Video Transcripts
Ending the Nightmare of the Homeless, Drug Addicts, and Dangerously Deranged
Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares, surrendered to the homeless, the drug addicted, and the violent and dangerously deranged. We are making many suffer for the whims of a deeply unwell few. And they are unwell indeed.
The homeless have no right to turn every park and sidewalk into a place for them to squat and do drugs. Americans should not have to step over piles of needles and waste as they walk down a street in a beautiful city. Or at least once beautiful city because they’ve changed so much over the last ten years.
Our first consideration should be the rights and safety of the hardworking, law-abiding citizens who make our society function.
When I am back in the White House, we will use every tool, lever, and authority to get the homeless off our streets. We want to take care of them, but they have to be off our streets.
There is nothing compassionate about letting these individuals live in filth and squalor rather than getting them the help that they need. We need professionals to help them.
For a small fraction of what we spend upon Ukraine, we could take care of every homeless veteran in America. Our veterans are being treated horribly.
Likewise, with all the money we will save by ending mass unskilled migration, we will have a huge dividend to address this crisis in our own country.
Under my strategy, working with states, we will BAN urban camping wherever possible.
Violators of these bans will be arrested, but they will be given the option to accept treatment and services if they are willing to be rehabilitated. Many of them don’t want that, but we will give them the option.
We will then open up large parcels of inexpensive land, bring in doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, and drug rehab specialists, and create tent cities where the homeless can be relocated and their problems identified. We will open up our cities again, make them livable and make them beautiful.
For those who are just temporarily down on their luck, we will work to help them quickly reintegrate into a normal life.
For those who have addictions, substance abuse, and common mental health problems, we will get them into treatment.
And for those who are severely mentally ill and deeply disturbed, we will bring them back to mental institutions, where they belong, with the goal of reintegrating them back into society once they are well enough to manage. It’s a tough task, a very tough task, what’s taken place on the streets, what’s taken place when they’re taking so much drugs. But the fact is we’re going to try.
This strategy will be far better and also far less expensive than spending vast sums of taxpayer money to house the homeless in luxury hotels without addressing their underlying issues—and they have so many of these underlying issues and needs.
This is how I will end the scourge of homelessness and make our cities clean, and safe, and beautiful once again. We will do it. We will bring back America.
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SOURCE: Official Donald Trump Website -Video transcript
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/agenda47-ending-the-nightmare-of-the-homeless-drug-addicts-and-dangerously-deranged
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2024 GOP PLATFORM POSITION: Address Poverty
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CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
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HOW THE REPUBLICANS WILL DO IT.
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Rebuild Our Cities and Restore Law and Order
Republicans will restore safety in our neighborhoods by replenishing Police Departments, restoring Common Sense Policing, and protecting Officers from frivolous lawsuits. We will stand up to Marxist Prosecutors, vigorously defend the Right of every American to live in peace, and we will compassionately address homelessness to restore order to our streets.
Take Care of Our Veterans
Republicans will end luxury housing and Taxpayer benefits for Illegal Immigrants and use those savings to shelter and treat homeless Veterans. We will restore Trump Administration reforms to expand Veterans’ Healthcare Choices, protect Whistleblowers, and hold accountable poorly performing employees not giving our Veterans the care they deserve.
NOTE: There is no truth to the GOP claim that Illegal Immigrants are living in New York City luxury apartments. SOURCE: AP News https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-immigrants-city-hall-luxury-hotels-473023396539
Protect Economic Foundations for Supporting Seniors
Republicans will tackle Inflation, unleash American Energy, restore Economic Growth, and secure our Borders to preserve Social Security and Medicare funding for the next Generation and beyond. We will ensure these programs remain solvent long into the future by reversing harmful Democrat policies and unleashing a new Economic Boom.
Protect Care at Home for the Elderly
Republicans will shift resources back to at-home Senior Care, overturn disincentives that lead to Care Worker shortages, and support unpaid Family Caregivers through Tax Credits and reduced red tape.
Support Active and Healthy Living
Republicans will support increased focus on Chronic Disease prevention and management, Long-Term Care, and Benefit flexibility. We will expand access to Primary Care and support Policies that help Seniors remain in their homes and maintain Financial Security.
Protect Social Security
Social Security is a lifeline for millions of Retirees, yet corrupt politicians have robbed Social Security to fund their pet projects. Republicans will restore Economic Stability to ensure the long-term sustainability of Social Security.
NOTE: Martha Shedden, a CFP and president and co-founder of the National Association of Register Social Security Analysts. According to Shedden, the current average Social Security benefits is around $1,900 monthly.
Affordable Healthcare
Healthcare and prescription drug costs are out of control. Republicans will increase Transparency, promote Choice and Competition, and expand access to new Affordable Healthcare and prescription drug options. We will protect Medicare, and ensure Seniors receive the care they need without being burdened by excessive costs.
Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent and No Tax on Tips
Republicans will make permanent the provisions of the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that doubled the standard deduction, expanded the Child Tax Credit, and spurred Economic Growth for all Americans. We will eliminate Taxes on Tips for millions of Restaurant and Hospitality Workers, and pursue additional Tax Cuts.
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SOURCE: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform