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Morning Jolt: Kamala Harris’s Statist Economic Plan

On the menu today: The "good vibes" for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz come to an end, as Harris, after nearly a month of being the Democratic nominee, finally is forced to offer some policy proposals, and they're some statist doozies — price controls for food, throwing money at people to increase demand for housing — as well as a giant tax cut for home builders. Meanwhile, Joe Biden goes before the cameras and backs a foreign-policy proposal that the U.S. National Security Council and State Department oppose. Grandpa gets confused, you know.

Kamala Harris's $90 Billion Tax Cut for Home Builders

Before we dissect Kamala Harris's vague, bare-bones plan to making housing more affordable, let's look at how the federal government has tackled the high cost of higher education.

The U.S. government's approach to expensive tuition costs has been to underwrite and offer more and more loans and grants. Adjusted for inflation, the total aid (tax benefits, federal loans, Pell grants, state grants, etc.) was $119 billion in ...

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Kamala Harris's Statist Economic Plan

On the menu today: The "good vibes" for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz come to an end, as Harris, after nearly a month of being the Democratic nominee, finally is forced to offer some policy proposals, and they're some statist doozies — price controls for food, throwing money at people to increase demand for housing — as well as a giant tax cut for home builders. Meanwhile, Joe Biden goes before the cameras and backs a foreign-policy proposal that the U.S. National Security Council and State Department oppose. Grandpa gets confused, you know.

Kamala Harris's $90 Billion Tax Cut for Home Builders

Before we dissect Kamala Harris's vague, bare-bones plan to making housing more affordable, let's look at how the federal government has tackled the high cost of higher education.

The U.S. government's approach to expensive tuition costs has been to underwrite and offer more and more loans and grants. Adjusted for inflation, the total aid (tax benefits, federal loans, Pell grants, state grants, etc.) was $119 billion in ...   READ MORE

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