• UsernameHere@lemy.lol
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    8 days ago

    Harris ran on taxing corporations, capital gains tax, legal marijuana, abortion rights and erasing medical debt. She also supported Medicare for all at one point even if she didn’t commit to it on the campaign trail.

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      8 days ago

      Her capital gains tax proposal was 28%, much lower than Biden’s proposed 44%; abortion rights and legal Marijuana are comfortable center-left territory in 2024; easing medical debt instead of abolishing it is the definition of a centrist solution, and she doesn’t get credit for supporting Medicare for All when she abandoned that position in the middle of the 2019/2020 primary.

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        8 days ago

        Increasing capital gains tax is progressive regardless of how much.

        Abortion/marijuana are definitely left of center in 2024, especially in red states.

        Erasing medical debt is progressive regardless of what you wanted instead.

        and she doesn’t get credit for supporting Medicare for All when she abandoned that position in the middle of the 2019/2020 primary

        This is the mindset responsible for our lack of progress as a nation.

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          Reducing the proposed capital gains tax from 44% to 28% and abandoning Medicare for All for medical debt easement are objective metrics that show the Democrats becoming less progressive in 2024. If you want to delude yourself into thinking the opposite is true, i can’t stop you, but I’m bored of proving you wrong.