September 9th, 2024.

Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign launched a new section of its

website detailing her policy positions.

Titling her plans a new way forward, Harris vows to build the American middle class through an

opportunity economy. Her vision for the future, she says, protects our fundamental

freedoms, strengthens our democracy,

and ensures every person has the opportunity to not just get by,

but to get ahead.

Harris's economic plan builds on that of the Biden Harris administration.

This makes sense since their focus on investing in the middle class has created the strongest economy in the world.

Harris is emphasizing the need to bring down household costs of food,

medicine, housing, health care, and child care, all issues important to Americans.

The website provides concrete economic action she plans to take with a willing Congress.

They include expanding the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit,

investing in more housing, and supporting the Pro Act, which protects the rights of

workers to unionize,

while continuing the crackdown on business consolidation

that kills competition and rolling back the Trump tax cuts

for the wealthy in corporations.

The biggest economic shift from the current administration is pegging a new capital gains

tax for those earning more than a million dollars a year at 28% significantly lower than the 39.6% President Joe

Biden proposed in his 2025 budget. The plans also call for the first ever national ban on corporate price gouging

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