Kamala Harris interviewed by Brett Baier

[o_mlly]

There appear to be so very many of them these days ...

Do you know what appears to be so few of these today? Positive reasons to vote for Harris. I counted the replies to the post below. Zero, zilch, nada ...

Which of Kamala Harris' policy proposals that are either deficit reducing or deficit neutral is your favorite? Please reply w/o using the word "trump".

(This modification designed to eliminate her policy proposals that smack of "let me buy your vote".)

 

[o_mlly]

He had no effect on any of the global economies that suffered inflation as well.

Nope. You really need to spend some time studying international economics.

 

[Fantine]

They said other things...but you already knew that.

They said she was difficult to work for.

 

[Desk trauma]

Do you know what appears to be so few of these today? Positive reasons to vote for Harris. I counted the replies to the post below. Zero, zilch, nada ...

Welcome to the two party system.

 

[doubtingmerle]

Do you know what appears to be so few of these today? Positive reasons to vote for Harris. I counted the replies to the post below. Zero, zilch, nada ...

Positive reasons to vote for Harris? How about her policies? Trump-Vance vs. Harris-Walz: Comparing Their Official Policy Platforms (Part 1) • Richard Carrier Blogs

Compare that with the totally vapid Trump policies: Trump-Vance v. Harris-Walz: Comparing Their Official Policy Platforms (Part 2) • Richard Carrier Blogs

 

[o_mlly]

Positive reasons to vote for Harris? How about her policies? Trump-Vance vs. Harris-Walz: Comparing Their Official Policy Platforms (Part 1) • Richard Carrier Blogs

Compare that with the totally vapid Trump policies: Trump-Vance v. Harris-Walz: Comparing Their Official Policy Platforms (Part 2) • Richard Carrier Blogs

Looks like you missed the part that reads, "Please reply w/o using the word "trump".

 

[doubtingmerle]

Looks like you missed the part that reads, "Please reply w/o using the word "trump".

Let me try again:

Positive reasons to vote for Harris? How about her policies? Harris policies

Compare that with these totally vapid policies: Vapid policies

Happy?

 

[Hammster]

She answered everyone that I saw.

Then you must not have seen the first one.

 

[DaisyDay]

My parents were part of the “huddled masses” you trot out. They fled their country during a period of war.

It took them six months in a camp waiting for paperwork to be processed before they entered the country LEGALLY.

So please, stop the exaggeration. There are not eight million people entering from 150 different countries all looking for asylum.

Breaking the law is the definition of illegal.

il·le·gal
adjective

1. contrary to or forbidden by law

Note: adjective

They may be illegal aliens but they are not illegals.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Note: adjective

They may be illegal aliens but they are not illegals.

You sure you wanted to say that?

They are illegal, but they are not illegal! Really?

Same adjective. Same accurate description.

Certainly you made a typo or error somewhere.

 

[o_mlly]

Let me try again:

Positive reasons to vote for Harris? How about her policies? Harris policies

Compare that with these totally vapid policies: Vapid policies

Happy?

Of course I'm happy.

Does that sum up the intention of the above statement?

Oh, your intention is pretty clear. But, as to your reply, nope.

Try using your critical thinking skills and tell us your favorite Harris policy (with the same admonitions) instead of posting anti-Trump screeds. Bet'cha can't.

 

[doubtingmerle]

Try using your critical thinking skills and tell us your favorite Harris policy (with the same admonitions) instead of posting anti-Trump screeds. Bet'cha can't.

Bet'cha I can.

Once again, go to Harris policies and scroll down to the section titled The Harris-Walz Platform. Among the policies listed there, I especially like the policies on middle-class tax cut, improving healthcare, and protecting social-security and medicare.

 

[o_mlly]

Why would anybody vote for your candidate ...

Simple. Because the alternative is a proven disaster at responsible governance.

 

[doubtingmerle]

I told you that you couldn't.

"Middle class tax-cuts". Nope. Increases deficits.

Why should I try again, if you just ignore what is in the link? Are you asking me to cut and paste everything in the link rather than you clicking the link?

Sigh. How does Kamala propose middle class tax cuts without increasing deficits? From the link, Harris policies .

And they say how they will pay for it: by “rolling back Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, enacting a billionaire minimum tax, quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks, and other reforms,” including an increase in the capital gains tax for millionaires. We know she believes this, and that it is the fiscally responsible thing to do. Our best tax regime, along with our best economy, was in the late 1950s, and we should return to it; our current regime is not only harmful economically, it’s a threat to national security—the rich should be taxed way more here, as they are everywhere else in the world that has a better quality of life.​

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Their clarity on this point also doesn’t stop with that vague “100 million working and middle-class Americans will get a tax cut.” They actually lay out how they will do that: they “will do this by restoring two tax cuts designed to help middle class and working Americans: the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit,” including a double credit for newborns. The DNC has always wanted this, so there is no doubt Harris-Walz will press for it, and it will help a lot of people. Taxes should be lower on the poor (especially parents raising children, if you believe in family values) and higher on the rich, and all past evidence in our country, and all evidence from present peer countries, demonstrates that that always works out better for everyone by every pertinent metric.​

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[Aldebaran]

Why should I try again, if you just ignore what is in the link? Are you asking me to cut and paste everything in the link rather than you clicking the link?

Sigh. How does Kamala propose middle class tax cuts without increasing deficits? From the link, Harris policies .

And they say how they will pay for it: by “rolling back Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, enacting a billionaire minimum tax, quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks, and other reforms,” including an increase in the capital gains tax for millionaires. We know she believes this, and that it is the fiscally responsible thing to do. Our best tax regime, along with our best economy, was in the late 1950s, and we should return to it; our current regime is not only harmful economically, it’s a threat to national security—the rich should be taxed way more here, as they are everywhere else in the world that has a better quality of life.​

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Their clarity on this point also doesn’t stop with that vague “100 million working and middle-class Americans will get a tax cut.” They actually lay out how they will do that: they “will do this by restoring two tax cuts designed to help middle class and working Americans: the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit,” including a double credit for newborns. The DNC has always wanted this, so there is no doubt Harris-Walz will press for it, and it will help a lot of people. Taxes should be lower on the poor (especially parents raising children, if you believe in family values) and higher on the rich, and all past evidence in our country, and all evidence from present peer countries, demonstrates that that always works out better for everyone by every pertinent metric.​

Those are just claims her campaign makes without any evidence to back up any of it.

 

[doubtingmerle]

Those are just claims her campaign makes without any evidence to back up any of it.

Ah, so you don't like it when a candidate makes claims without evidence, so therefore, you choose ... Trump?

LOL!

 

[Aldebaran]

Ah, so you don't like it when a candidate makes claims without evidence, so therefore, you choose ... Trump?

LOL!

At least you're admitting she has no evidence, yet you continue your support for her.

 

[doubtingmerle]

At least you're admitting she has no evidence, yet you continue your support for her.

I made no such admission.

I just find it surprising that, even though we both agree that we don't want candidates that make claims without evidence, you think Trump does a better job of supporting his claims with evidence. Really? I find it surprising that somebody would say that "supporting one's claims with evidence" is a factor in which Trump excels.

I posted two paragraphs with the arguments for Kamala's policy. Can you echo back one claim in those paragraphs that you think does not have evidence?

 

[Aldebaran]

I made no such admission.

I just find it surprising that, even though we both agree that we don't want candidates that make claims without evidence, you think Trump does a better job of supporting his claims with evidence. Really? I find it surprising that somebody would say that "supporting one's claims with evidence" is a factor in which Trump excels.

I posted two paragraphs with the arguments for Kamala's policy. Can you echo back one claim in those paragraphs that you think does not have evidence?

It's very simple. Claiming that taking away tax cuts from one group will provide all the money that's needed for another group to be happy is just a bunch of talking points that don't provide any mathematical data that proves any of it to be true.

 

[Fantine]

Harris recently proposed a policy to give families help to care for older family members at home--and she had a way to pay for it.
Recently she and President Biden reduced prices on ten well-used drugs for Medicare patients, such as insulin. They achieved this by beginning to use Medicare's huge market share advantage to bargain for lower drug prices. The money the government saves can be used to help families care for older members at home.
We all know that the benefit we could provide with those savings would be small, but it would be a start.
We can learn how other countries manage elder care--and cull the best ideas.

Models for Long-Term Care Policy: What the U.S. Can Learn from Other Countries

The need to provide Long-Term Care (LTC) for growing elderly populations is a public policy issue in all industrialized countries. Unlike other OECD countries, the U.S. lacks a foundation for universal LTC benefits. Much can be learned by examining other industrialized countries. LTC systems. In...

www.nursingpracticejournal.com

In 2020, the federal government spent $200 billion on long term care for adults through Medicaid. Helping families care for elderly relatives at home could drastically lower those costs, and the money spent on family assistance would be much less expensive.

One idea would be adult day care availability, especially good for patients who need memory care services. This would help working caregivers, and give retired caregivers some respite time, allowing them to focus on their loved one's needs in evenings and night time.

But the referenced article even talks about how technology helps. My friend who lives alone and had a stroke now wears a device that will call 911 if she has a fall. Fortunately, she has been able to resume driving, enjoying an active social life, etc., but the device reassures her that she will be helped in an emergency.
Blood sugar monitor readings can be shared with family members who can get their senior back on track if his sugar is too high or low.
There are assistive devices that can help seniors dress themselves, get out of bed safely.
Services like meals on wheels make sure they get one good meal a day--and if a senior has a working 'care partner,' that daily check in from the meals on wheels volunteer is a help.
Door-to-door senior bus services can help patients who can no longer drive get to medical appointments.

Harris' plan to make it easier for seniors to stay in the family home could easily be financed by nursing home Medicaid savings--and seniors would have a better quality of life.



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