Vice President Kamala Harris has been criticized for not having her policy positions prominently available on her website, but that ended Sunday.The media and some conservatives have suggested Harris is relying on "vibes" instead of listing her specific positions on issues facing our nation. But her...
I say win 2024 and do good work.
Then get re-elected and go nuts on super progressive policy.
Massive taxes on billionaires (legit 50-70%).
Massive taxes on land barons. (Limit to 2 or 3 per person. Then tax the hell out of vacant units and increasingly per unit over 3).
Medicare for all.
Abolish tipping culture. Increase minimum wage.
Abolish the corn welfare system. 95% of corn is not grown for human consumption. Let’s grow more of our own food.
Uh… I am not opposed to this, as a vegetarian, but… uh… the logical conclusion of this policy would be extremely unpopular. The corn that’s not for human consumption is used in industrial and manufactured products (and ethanol, which is something we actually should get rid of, it just doesn’t make sense as a product) and in livestock feed lots. If you stop subsidizing corn, meat gets more expensive.
Maybe not abolish but scale it back by 50%
Ethanol needs to go away.
Corn feed is also bad. Cows aren’t meant to live off of corn and it makes them unhealthier for us to eat.
There’s also the more recent issue of growing corn in more states drying up the water supply. Corn is a very water hungry crop.
Corn farming in the midwest heavily taxes water resources and supply
More reading.
Corn: The Welfare Crop