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Crafting Platform 2028
We need to start the process now of formulating a policy platform that strengthens America and addresses the prevailing concerns of voters. (Prevailing concerns means it will have to shift over time as conditions evolve.)
Please join me in this process by challenging my assumptions and helping me hone my thinking as I try to identify a platform that would help us move toward the promise of America rather than leaving voters so hungry for change that they’d vote in someone who would trample on our Constitution to get what he wants.
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What if Trump was right?
Provocative title but I think it’s important to challenge assumptions about polarizing issues because if our assumptions are faulty we will find it very difficult to find resolutions as we try to tackle them.
So, what if Trump was right that a majority of voters are willing to address restrictive abortion bans at the state level? Continue reading
Assigning blame
In any rational world Donald Trump would never have been returned to power after repeatedly shooting himself in the foot between his nonsensical COVID response, January 6th, and stealing classified documents when he left office.
Instead, 3 men made choices that set up the ideal conditions to make his return possible. In chronological order they are:
• Kevin McCarthy
• Mitch McConnell
• Joe Biden
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When to cast a 3rd Party Vote
To Jill Stein voters in 2024: please consider what a 3rd party vote effectively means.
When deciding to cast a 3rd party vote in a competitive race you are effectively voting for whichever major candidate you like the least.
This should only be done if no viable candidate is a demonstrably worse outcome in the race.
Harris’s closing argument
Harris’s closing argument consisted of 3000 words over just under 40 minutes.
27 thoughts included:
• 8 policy ideas (middle class tax cut, cap drug costs, address housing problems, child tax credit, home care for seniors, protect social security, reinstate reproductive choice, immigration)
• 6 about Trump
• 13 framing the election
Trump’s closing argument
Trump’s closing argument consisted of 11000 words over almost 80 minutes.
47 thoughts included:
• 6 policy ideas (cut taxes x2, drill baby drill, deportation, defense shield/dome, make flag burning illegal)
• 10 about Kamala/Biden
• 5 framing the election
• 26 random (often nonsense) Continue reading
We have more in common
Virtually all of #KamalaHarris2024 policy proposals enjoy majority support. ⅓ are above 75% and only 1 is below 40% support.
On the other hand, Trump has majority support on only half his proposals with 40% of them below 40% support. (Only 4 have over 75% support.)
What actual solutions look like
Kamala Harris is pushing a decidedly capitalist approach to addressing the high cost of housing.
She would address the supply side by working to incentivize builders building homes with a target of getting 3 million extra units built in her first term.
She would also address the high hurdle of initially getting into the housing market by providing down payment assistance to first time home buyers. (All home buyers would warp the market but first time buyers levels the playing field for those who most need it.) Continue reading
Helping Where Help Is Needed
Do you know who’s been getting the short end of the economic stick for a long time? Rural America.
Do you know who they’re going to vote for (probably overwhelmingly)? Donald Trump.
Do you know who has a plan to actually help them? Kamala Harris.
Do you know what’s really beautiful about that? While Harris would love to earn the votes of rural Americans, her plans aren’t just a carrot to buy their votes, they are a recognition of what’s good for America. These are things she wants to accomplish even if they don’t vote for her. Continue reading
The danger to democracy
Those who see Trump as a threat to democracy need to recognize that an even bigger threat to democracy is an electorate that no longer believes in the promise of democracy.
We need to greet voters who still consider voting for Trump with a vision of how we can make things better rather than scare tactics of how he undermines our Constitution. Continue reading