Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2020-2024: on Tax Reform

Cornel West: Advocates taxing the rich; has $500K+ in federal tax liens

Donald Trump: OpEd: across-the-board tariffs are a sales tax in disguise

"Trump really seems to think that we'd be better off as an autarkic economy," says [a Harvard analyst]. "Harris helped to implement a lot of buy-American rules, so it seems she's bought into the anti-globalisation stuff to some extent."

"Not as bad as the other candidate" would be a poor campaign slogan. It is, however, an accurate summary of Ms Harris's economic plans. ¦

Kamala Harris: LIFT the Middle Class: supercharge earned-income tax credit

That sounds a lot like the monthly installments the IRS paid to parents in 2021, when Democrats boosted the child tax credit under the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan. The Harris proposal would have been on top of the child tax credit and the earned-income tax credit. It would have been expensive, costing approximately $3.1 trillion.

The LIFT act amounted to a "supercharged" earned-income tax credit, [one anlayst] said. But it's also "ancient history." The Democrats' focus now could be on the child tax credit in the wake of the 2021 increase and its looming decrease to $1,000 from $2,000.

Kamala Harris: I will deliver tax cuts to working people and middle class

As president, I will fight to help home buyers with your down payment, take on the companies that are jacking up rents and build millions of new homes. For years, we have heard excuses about why America can't build enough housing, enough with the excuses. I'm going to cut the red tape and work with the private sector and local governments to speed up building and get it done.