Official LRC Kamala Harris for President Thread

You give away trillions for your entitlements and your counter argument is that Trump gave away a few billion so subsidize farmers as he tried to get China to stop manipulating trade.

lol.

Every single tax bracket was reduced under the Trump tax cuts.

Jeff Bezos didn't get a bigger tax cut than you because the tax cuts were just for the ultrawealthy he got a bigger tax cut because you don't pay taxes and he pays BILLIONS.

Anyone who tells you the tax cut was just for rich people is a stupid person and you should stop listening to them.

Half the country doesn't even pay taxes.

you'd have one if you were a bit more honest about who is responsible for the current situation. but you don't want to be, you want to blame just one side.

The big donors picked her to replace the last guy they picked and own her. She doesn't have to convince them of anything

Did you notice that Elon calls Trump "President Trump" and Vice President Harris as "Kamala"? He is a partisan hack and purveyor of lies.

Elon played a big role in destroying several GOP campaigns with his train wreck live streams. A candidate would have to be as dumb as Trump and Desanctimonious to go on his proposed "interview".

Another feather in the cap of Harris to not respond to that dope.

Big donor are owning you.

One side created the entitlements to buy votes.

Democrats.

Biden's doing it right now again as he promises to steal money from people to pay off people's student loans.

you are probably right... the other side never tries to 'buy' votes. lolz

like i said, you'd have a better argument if you were more honest

That’s not good given the slurred speech. Melania needs to step in.

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OK, is this what they call "moving the goalposts"?

You started out by saying that ONLY the Democrats give money away to buy votes. Now, you seem to be conceding that your claim was not true, since you acknowledge that the Republicans do it as well.

Your new claim is that the Republicans do it, but it's OK because the Republicans are only giving away a "few billion" a year?

Anyway, Trump was giving over $30 billion away to farmers in 2020, that's not exactly a "few billion" as you claim. And the tax cuts, skewed to the rich, cost the United States anywhere from $190 to $400 billion per year. Again, I wouldn't call that a "few billion".

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in 2018 that the 2017 law would cost $1.9 trillion over ten years,[3] and recent estimates show that making the law’s temporary individual income and estate tax cuts permanent would cost another roughly $400 billion a year beginning in 2027.[4]

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I think you just don't know the facts.

The annual budget is $6.1 trillion.

$3.4 trillion is spent every year on entitlements created by the Democrat party.

How much money do you think the republicans are giving away and how are they doing it?

Even if we pretend 100% of the defense budget is just republicans trying to buy votes the total is less than 1/3 of the what the democrats waste on entitlements.

UAW not pleased with Trump's laughing and praising Elon for firing workers seeking better conditions...

“When we say Donald Trump is a scab, this is what we mean. When we say Trump stands against everything our union stands for, this is what we mean. Donald Trump will always side against workers standing up for themselves, and he will always side with billionaires like Elon Musk, who is contributing $45 million a month to a Super PAC to get him elected. Both Trump and Musk want working-class people to sit down and shut up, and they laugh about it openly. It’s disgusting, illegal, and totally predictable from these two clowns."

Subsidizing farmers to keep them in business is hardly comparable to Democrats giving free sh*t to people. Without the farmers we're f*cked. We'd be fine without the welfare recipients.

Trump would have to give $30 billion to farmers every year for 113 years just to match a single year of Democrat entitlements.

Tax cuts are "skewed to the rich" because the tax burden is skewed to the rich.

The CBO doesn't factor in economic growth spurred by the tax cuts and it's important to realize that the CBO is almost ALWAYS wrong with it's prediction and estimates.

When we give money away to farmers, we turn them into welfare recipients.

Even if I grant you this you are still left in the position of wasting 100x as much money as the republicans.

You do not have a leg to stand on.

It's a feather in her cap to avoid any and all interviews?

Now that's a moronic comment.

“Debate me bro!”

I didn't go through ALL his policies, but here's a start. Pretty much every single one is terrible. Some are only pretty bad.

1. Unleash American Energy
Under President Trump, the U.S. became the Number One Producer of Oil and Natural Gas in the World — and we will soon be again by lifting restrictions on American Energy Production and terminating the Socialist Green New Deal. Republicans will unleash Energy Production from all sources, including nuclear, to immediately slash Inflation and power American homes, cars, and factories with reliable, abundant, and affordable Energy.

So letting China become the world leader in clean energy production? Sounds like a terrible policy.

2. Rein in Wasteful Federal Spending
Republicans will immediately stabilize the Economy by slashing wasteful Government spending and promoting Economic Growth.

The annual deficit nearly doubled in the first three years of Trump's presidency. He has no clue how to slash government spending.

3. Cut Costly and Burdensome Regulations
Republicans will reinstate President Trump's Deregulation Policies, which saved Americans $11,000 per household, and end Democrats’ regulatory onslaught that disproportionately harms low- and middle-income households.

Can I build a coal burning power plant right next to Mar-a-lago?

4. Stop Illegal Immigration
Republicans will secure the Border, deport Illegal Aliens, and reverse the Democrats’ Open Borders Policies that have driven up the cost of Housing, Education, and Healthcare for American families.
How has having people doing low-wage work driven up the cost of housing, education, or healthcare? Note, CBP encounters increased each of the first three years of Trump's presidency.

5. Restore Peace through Strength
War breeds Inflation while geopolitical stability brings price stability. Republicans will end the global chaos and restore Peace through Strength, reducing geopolitical risks and lowering commodity prices.
How?

1. Secure the Border
Republicans will restore every Border Policy of the Trump administration and halt all releases of Illegal Aliens into the interior. We will complete the Border Wall, shift massive portions of Federal Law Enforcement to Immigration Enforcement, and use advanced technology to monitor and secure the Border. We will use all resources needed to stop the Invasion— including moving thousands of Troops currently stationed overseas to our own Southern Border. We will deploy the U.S. Navy to impose a full Fentanyl Blockade on the waters of our Region—boarding and inspecting ships to look for fentanyl and fentanyl precursors. Before we defend the Borders of Foreign Countries, we must first secure the Border of our Country.

CBP encounters increased each of the first three years of Trump's presidency, so these policies didn't work the first time they tried them. Is Mexico going to pay for the wall still? Or is that now officially on the American taxpayer to build and maintain indefintely. So instead of dealing with kidnappings, domestic terrorism, etc... they're all going to do immigration enforcement? The Posse Comitatus Act forbids the use of military in civilian law enforcement, except in a few circumstances, so it's not clear what all those troops will be doing on the southern border.

2. Enforce Immigration Laws
Republicans will strengthen ICE, increase penalties for illegal entry and overstaying Visas, and reinstate “Remain in Mexico” and other Policies that helped reduce Illegal Immigration by historic lows in President Trump’s first term. We will also invoke the Alien Enemies Act to remove all known or suspected gang members, drug dealers, or cartel members from the United States, ending the scourge of Illegal Alien gang violence once and for all. We will bring back the Travel Ban, and use Title 42 to end the child trafficking crisis by returning all trafficked children to their families in their Home Countries immediately.

More big government!

3. Begin Largest Deportation Program in American History
President Trump and Republicans will reverse the Democrats’ destructive Open Borders Policies that have allowed criminal gangs and Illegal Aliens from around the World to roam the United States without consequences. The Republican Party is committed to sending Illegal Aliens back home and removing those who have violated our Laws.

Cost? Hundreds of billions of dollars. Effectiveness? Dubious.

4. Strict Vetting
Republicans will use existing Federal Law to keep foreign Christian-hating Communists, Marxists, and Socialists out of America. Those who join our Country must love our Country. We will use extreme vetting to ensure that jihadists and jihadist sympathizers are not admitted.

"foreign Christian-hating Communists, Marxists, and Socialists"? Weren't Melania's parents Yoguslavian Communists that used chain-immigration to become US citizens?

5. Stop Sanctuary Cities
Republicans will cut federal Funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that release dangerous Illegal Alien criminals onto our streets, rather than handing them over to ICE. We will require local cooperation with Federal Immigration Enforcement.

State's rights? No.

6. Ensure Our Legal Immigration System Puts American Workers First
Republicans will prioritize Merit-based immigration, ensuring those admitted to our Country contribute positively to our Society and Economy, and never become a drain on Public Resources. We will end Chain Migration, and put American Workers first!

Weren't Melania's parents Yoguslavian Communists that used chain-immigration to become US citizens?

1. Cut Regulations
Republicans will slash Regulations that stifle Jobs, Freedom, Innovation and make everything more expensive. We will implement Transparency and Common Sense in rulemaking.

Again, can I now build a coal burning power plant right next to Mar-a-lago?

2. 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.

Yay! More national debt!

3. Fair and Reciprocal Trade Deals
Republicans will continue forging an America First Trade Policy as set forth in Chapter 5, standing up to Countries that cheat and prioritizing American Producers over Foreign Outsourcers. We will bring our critical Supply Chains back home. President Trump turned American Trade Policy around, protecting U.S. Producers, and renegotiating failed agreements.

Sounds like a ticket to inflation to me.

4. Reliable and Abundant Low Cost Energy
Republicans will increase Energy Production across the board, streamline permitting, and end market-distorting restrictions on Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal. The Republican Party will once again make America Energy Independent, and then Energy Dominant, lowering Energy prices even below the record lows achieved during President Trump’s first term.

Making sure the US isn't competitive in green energy in the future!

5. Champion Innovation
Republicans will pave the way for future Economic Greatness by leading the World in Emerging Industries.
Crypto
Republicans will end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown and oppose the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency. We will defend the right to mine Bitcoin, and ensure every American has the right to self-custody of their Digital Assets, and transact free from Government Surveillance and Control.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
We will repeal Joe Biden’s dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI Innovation, and imposes Radical Leftwing ideas on the development of this technology. In its place, Republicans support AI Development rooted in Free Speech and Human Flourishing.
Expanding Freedom, Prosperity and Safety in Space
Under Republican Leadership, the United States will create a robust Manufacturing Industry in Near Earth Orbit, send American Astronauts back to the Moon, and onward to Mars, and enhance partnerships with the rapidly expanding Commercial Space sector to revolutionize our ability to access, live in, and develop assets in Space.

Crypo, seriously? In June, 2021 Trump said: "Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. I don't like it because it's another currency competing against the dollar." In 2019 he said, "Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity."

How much will it cost to send American astronauts to mars?

1. Housing Affordability
To help new home buyers, Republicans will reduce mortgage rates by slashing Inflation, open limited portions of Federal Lands to allow for new home construction, promote homeownership through Tax Incentives and support for first-time buyers, and cut unnecessary Regulations that raise housing costs.

How is he going to slash inflation? So pay off student load debt bad, paying off mortgages good?

2. Accessible Higher Education
To reduce the cost of Higher Education, Republicans will support the creation of additional, drastically more affordable alternatives to a traditional four-year College degree.

So paying off student loans bad. Spending billions and billions of dollars creating alternatives to college and then paying people to attend is good.

3. 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.

How?

4. Lower Everyday Costs
Republicans will reduce the Regulatory burden, lower Energy costs, and promote Economic Policies that drive down the cost of living and prices for everyday goods and services.

So he wants deflation? Or does he not know what words mean.