Does Kamala Harris Really Back No Taxes on Tips and Medicare for All?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Kamala Harris recently debuted a campaign pledge to end federal taxes on tips for service workers, echoing a message Donald Trump is also promoting to voters. Why are both candidates supporting a cutout for such a narrow group? Plus, Kamala Harris seems to be backing away her previous support for Medicare for All from 2019, which the GOP could use against her in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:37.0	Kamala Harris finally offers a specific campaign promise adopting Donald Trump's vow to get rid of taxes on tips.
0:47.0	But where is the rest of the Harris agenda? What do we know about her past views on huge topics like Medicare for all and should we now
0:54.8	trust the AIDS that say she no longer is for some of those radical policies.
0:59.3	Welcome to Potomac Watch, I am Kim Strassal. I am joined today by two experts on these topics,
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