Update: Vice President Kamala Harris is now the Democratic presidential nominee

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It may not be cold because of climate change it may be lukewarm
If you coming from any warm climate area, I would not recommend you coming to DC in January in shorts and a t shirt. You will be in for a rude awakening and I believe in climate change.

My birthday is 4 days after MLK bday and in the 20 plus years I’ve lived in DC, it’s either been cold ass hell or a lot of damn snow on the ground
 

DC_Dude

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Yeah it turned out to be a conversation to save Jermaine's ass :lol:

I still haven't heard the comments on his post that started the firestorm but from what I take from this conversation he had more beef is with CNN than he supposedly had with the VP.
Yup it was definitely with CNN
 

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Some plans starting to roll out...


As the Democratic nominee for the White House this November, Kamala Harris has begun shaping her policies for a potential promotion from vice president to president.

Monetary policies have been a primary issue so far in the current presidential race, with Harris and her Republican opponent promoting various tax policies in an effort to win over the electorate. Now that Harris has officially accepted the nomination for November, Newsweek has examined what Harris hopes to achieve with her taxation policy.

What Are Harris's Major Tax Plans?​

The fiscal policies announced by Harris so far in her campaign include raising the level of tax levied on corporations, ending taxes on tipped income and expanding current child tax credit provisions.

"Harris' proposals largely built upon Biden's economic platform, with an emphasis on delivering tax benefits to middle-class and lower-income Americans while raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy," John Gimigliano, KPMG US head of tax legislative services, told Newsweek. "Still, vice president Harris managed to put her own spin on taxes with a few new ideas that look inspired by proposals from candidate Harris in 2019."

"Together we will build what I call an opportunity economy," Harris told supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina. "Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because I strongly believe when the middle class is strong, America is strong."

Kamala Harris Tax Plans: What Could Happen

Harris has proposed several key plans if she wins the White House in November. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty
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Corporation Tax Hike​

Harris has proposed raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. Trump, as part of the TJCA, created a single flat corporate tax rate of 21 percent, down from 35 percent under his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.

Harris campaign spokesperson James Singer said the move would be part of "a fiscally responsible way to put money back in the pockets of working people and ensure billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share."

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When current President Joe Biden made the same proposal in his 2025 budget, the Tax Foundation has estimated that a hike to 28 percent would raise $1 trillion from fiscal years 2024 to 2034, while Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates it would raise $1.2 trillion throughout the same period.

Tax Increases Over $400k​

Like President Biden, Harris has pledged not to increase taxes on anyone earning under $400,000 per year. Harris has proposed raising the top marginal income rate to 39.6 percent, an increase from the current 37 percent.

Read more Kamala Harris

No Taxes on Tips​

Taking a leaf from her opponent Trump, Harris announced in August that she supports ending federal income taxes on service worker wages. During a speech in Nevada, the same state Trump announced his policy in, Harris said: "When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers."

"Harris' ban on taxing tips is poised to benefit small businesses immensely, especially in the food services industry," Javier Palomarez, founder and CEO at United States Hispanic Business Council, told Newsweek. "For some local restaurants, tips may account for a majority of their employee's income. Protecting this money from taxation will in turn put more money in the employee's pocket, bolstering a restaurant's ability to recruit and retain workers."

However, the Tax Foundation has said such a policy could have its drawbacks as it could "add to the complexity of the tax code" as well as being a substantial revenue loss for the federal government.

"A tip exemption would be poorly targeted at low- and middle-income earners, given the relatively small share of the population working in tipped occupations," the foundation said in recent analysis. "Worse, the exemption itself, and any safeguards added, would add to the complexity of the tax code overall. Depending on the design, an exemption could cost around $100 billion over the 10-year budget window." Newsweek has contacted the vice president's campaign team for comment via email.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has predicted such a policy would "reduce federal revenues by $150 to $250 billion over 10 years on a static basis and could reduce revenue significantly more once behavioral effects are incorporated."

Child Tax Credit Expansion​

Harris plans to reinstate the expanded child tax credit that was on offer during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, the Biden administration, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, raised the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,600 per child. Harris's plan goes one step further, giving families with newborns $6,000 in total to be received in the baby's first 12 months.

"We will provide $6,000 in tax relief to families during the first year of a child's life," Harris said during a policy speech in Raleigh, North Carolina.
 

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If you coming from any warm climate area, I would not recommend you coming to DC in January in shorts and a t shirt. You will be in for a rude awakening and I believe in climate change.

My birthday is 4 days after MLK bday and in the 20 plus years I’ve lived in DC, it’s either been cold ass hell or a lot of damn snow on the ground
One last thing - if you do come up, try and get a hotel within walking distance of the national mall because you won’t be able to drive anywhere in downtown DC.
If you can’t do that, start learning the metro system. You can catch the metro to one of the stops near the mall.

You can post up on the mall or if you want to see the parade afterwards (which is dope as hell), you can post up near the White House at Penn. Ave and 17th Street.
 

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Some plans starting to roll out...


As the Democratic nominee for the White House this November, Kamala Harris has begun shaping her policies for a potential promotion from vice president to president.

Monetary policies have been a primary issue so far in the current presidential race, with Harris and her Republican opponent promoting various tax policies in an effort to win over the electorate. Now that Harris has officially accepted the nomination for November, Newsweek has examined what Harris hopes to achieve with her taxation policy.

What Are Harris's Major Tax Plans?​

The fiscal policies announced by Harris so far in her campaign include raising the level of tax levied on corporations, ending taxes on tipped income and expanding current child tax credit provisions.

"Harris' proposals largely built upon Biden's economic platform, with an emphasis on delivering tax benefits to middle-class and lower-income Americans while raising taxes on corporations and the wealthy," John Gimigliano, KPMG US head of tax legislative services, told Newsweek. "Still, vice president Harris managed to put her own spin on taxes with a few new ideas that look inspired by proposals from candidate Harris in 2019."

"Together we will build what I call an opportunity economy," Harris told supporters at a campaign rally in North Carolina. "Building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency because I strongly believe when the middle class is strong, America is strong."

Kamala Harris Tax Plans: What Could Happen

Harris has proposed several key plans if she wins the White House in November. Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty
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Corporation Tax Hike​

Harris has proposed raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. Trump, as part of the TJCA, created a single flat corporate tax rate of 21 percent, down from 35 percent under his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama.

Harris campaign spokesperson James Singer said the move would be part of "a fiscally responsible way to put money back in the pockets of working people and ensure billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share."

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When current President Joe Biden made the same proposal in his 2025 budget, the Tax Foundation has estimated that a hike to 28 percent would raise $1 trillion from fiscal years 2024 to 2034, while Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates it would raise $1.2 trillion throughout the same period.

Tax Increases Over $400k​

Like President Biden, Harris has pledged not to increase taxes on anyone earning under $400,000 per year. Harris has proposed raising the top marginal income rate to 39.6 percent, an increase from the current 37 percent.

Read more Kamala Harris

No Taxes on Tips​

Taking a leaf from her opponent Trump, Harris announced in August that she supports ending federal income taxes on service worker wages. During a speech in Nevada, the same state Trump announced his policy in, Harris said: "When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers."

"Harris' ban on taxing tips is poised to benefit small businesses immensely, especially in the food services industry," Javier Palomarez, founder and CEO at United States Hispanic Business Council, told Newsweek. "For some local restaurants, tips may account for a majority of their employee's income. Protecting this money from taxation will in turn put more money in the employee's pocket, bolstering a restaurant's ability to recruit and retain workers."

However, the Tax Foundation has said such a policy could have its drawbacks as it could "add to the complexity of the tax code" as well as being a substantial revenue loss for the federal government.

"A tip exemption would be poorly targeted at low- and middle-income earners, given the relatively small share of the population working in tipped occupations," the foundation said in recent analysis. "Worse, the exemption itself, and any safeguards added, would add to the complexity of the tax code overall. Depending on the design, an exemption could cost around $100 billion over the 10-year budget window." Newsweek has contacted the vice president's campaign team for comment via email.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has predicted such a policy would "reduce federal revenues by $150 to $250 billion over 10 years on a static basis and could reduce revenue significantly more once behavioral effects are incorporated."

Child Tax Credit Expansion​

Harris plans to reinstate the expanded child tax credit that was on offer during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2021, the Biden administration, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, raised the child tax credit from $2,000 to $3,600 per child. Harris's plan goes one step further, giving families with newborns $6,000 in total to be received in the baby's first 12 months.

"We will provide $6,000 in tax relief to families during the first year of a child's life," Harris said during a policy speech in Raleigh, North Carolina.
FBA and ADOS about to be mad at the increase on people making 400K.

You know - because they are all millionaires
 

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Oh boy here we go again, another one, standing UP and another one

about to be sit down.

She is METAPHORICALLY cancerous, by spreading the cancer of

DECEPTION amongst us, which is slowly be uncovered,

the fact that many hindu's come here claiming to be us and getting

over like they us...the indian chick from The Office the american version,

LITERALLY SAID THATS HOW HER BROTHER GOT OVER, and we are seeing the SAME SHIT

in CAMELAH... using OUR HISTORIC PLIGHT as a TOOL.

The cancer of COMING AROUND US, FRONTING LIKE YOU US

AND YOU NOT US!!

THAT FUCKIN CANCER OF DECEPTION AMONGST MY PEOPLE MUST STOP..

They say folks with low iq's have problems with things like metaphors

and sarcasm..

DONT BE THAT GUY!!

YOU CAN SIT NOW

NO over there with the rest of the die hard democrat clowns...

Metaphors…easy to understand. A couple of things in your reply that would make an interesting (not new) conversion, like defining Black identity and whether that definition is biological, social, or both.

Either way, your metaphor’s timing was poor. Also, I’m just now paying more attention to the political threads so I’ll say this…I understand not liking the democrats. I haven’t seen you talk shit about the republicans and maybe you have but I haven’t seen it. I hope you aren’t on the same bullshit as Brother Travis Smilely and Cornell West and just want to disparage another leader who identifies as being Black but not saying a damn thing about Republican fuckery. Don’t be one of those guys.
 
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