Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2020-2024: on Welfare & Poverty


Kamala Harris: Build 3m new homes; $25,000 downpayment credits

Ms Harris's central focus is housing. She has called for the construction of 3m new homes over the next four years, and wants to provide federal funding and permitting reform to make this happen.

Her plan is light on details: the construction funding (she targets $40bn) would go to local governments, who would need to find their own solutions. Meanwhile, other elements would cut against her ambitious supply targets. She vows to go after Wall Street investors, whom she decries as "buying up and marking up homes in bulk". They actually own less than 1% of America's single-family homes, and have been building, rather than just buying, homes. Another pledge--one that received loud applause when she unveiled it in a speech in North Carolina on August 16th--is to give first-time homebuyers $25,000 towards downpayments on mortgages. With demand for homes still outstripping supply, extra cash of this kind may just translate into higher prices.

Source: The Economist on 2024 Presidential hopefuls Aug 21, 2024

Kamala Harris: America is a champion of sovereignty & territorial integrity

HOWARD STERN: This is what keeps me up at night. I don't understand how my fellow Americans, I don't even understand how this election is close. And yes, I'm voting for you, but I would also vote for that wall over there. Rather than a guy who says, where do I begin? A guy who says he doesn't support Ukraine, wouldn't get on that stage with you and say, Ukraine? And why do my fellow Americans want this kind of chaos overseas? Why?

KAMALA HARRIS: To your point, doesn't support our friend Ukraine, doesn't support, something America should always, and has always been a champion of, which is the importance of sovereignty and territorial integrity, which means the importance of standing against anyone who tries to take another nation by force. That's what we stand for as Americans, that you don't do that. And if you do that to our friends, we're going to stand with our friends.

Source: Howard Stern Show interview of 2024 Presidential hopefuls Oct 10, 2024

Donald Trump: Homeless encampments in outer reaches of cities

Trump suggested moving encampments of homeless people out of major cities and to "large parcels of inexpensive land at the outer reaches of the city" and creating tents with medical professionals.
Source: The Hill e-zine on 2024 Presidential hopefuls Jul 26, 2022

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2024 Presidential contenders on Welfare & Poverty:
  Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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