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Presidential debate Trump, Harris economy facts

Presidential debate Trump, Harris economy facts

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When Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump take the debate stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, expect them to arrive with a stockpile of talking points about the U.S. economy. In the weeks leading up to their head-to-head debate, hosted by ABC News, both Harris and Trump have unveiled new economic proposals. They have also tried to paint their rival as a threat to the health and stability of the U.S. economy. As the candidates try to frame the economy in favorable terms Tuesday, keep these key numbers in mind. Inflation and prices People walk by a produce store in Brooklyn on August 14, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images 1.4%: The consumer price index in January 2021 at the start of the Biden-Harris administration. President Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed that he inherited a 9% inflation rate from Trump, which is false. 9.1%: The CPI in June 2022, the height of the post-pandemic inflation surge under Biden, and the highest rate since 1981. Trump has repeatedly claimed it was the highest …

Harris ,000 small business startup tax deduction ahead of Trump debate

Harris $50,000 small business startup tax deduction ahead of Trump debate

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Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., August 29, 2024.  Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will unveil a new proposal to provide small businesses with a $50,000 tax deduction for startup expenses, ten times the current $5,000 allowable deduction, according to a Harris campaign official who was granted anonymity to share details of a proposal that is not yet public. Harris will roll out the new plan at a presidential campaign event in New Hampshire on Wednesday, part of her broader kick-off of the post-Labor Day two-month sprint to Election Day. Under the proposal, new small businesses could spread the deduction out over several years, or delay claiming the $50,000 tax deduction until the company turned a profit. The Internal Revenue Service has previously run into issues ensuring that its small business tax breaks end up in the right pockets, especially during the pandemic, when the agency flagged a spike in fraudulent claims. The Harris campaign did not …

The Scopes Trial Wasn’t Just a Debate Between Science and Religion

The Scopes Trial Wasn’t Just a Debate Between Science and Religion

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Thirty years ago, when I was an eighth grader at a small public school in central Pennsylvania, my biology teacher informed us that we would be studying evolution, which she described as “an alternative theory to the story of divine creation.” She was usually imperturbable, but I remember noticing that, just for a moment, her voice had a certain tone; her face, a certain expression—an uncanny mix of anxiety, fear, and rage. Roughly a century ago, the trial of John T. Scopes marked a flash point in an American culture war—between religious faith and science—that has been waged, in one form or another, to this day. In her new book, Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, Brenda Wineapple offers a definitive account of the 1925 trial, in which a small-town teacher was brought to court for teaching evolution and accused of undermining Christian creationism. But more important, Wineapple’s book provides a vivid account of how fear has always acted on our national consciousness—and a way of coming to terms …

The Only Thing Left for Republicans to Debate About Trump

The Only Thing Left for Republicans to Debate About Trump

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It would be wrong to say that Republicans are now fully in alignment on all matters related to Donald Trump, that the intraparty debates about their nominee have been settled. For starters, there is this question: Should he be addressed from the podium as “President Donald J. Trump” or “President Donald John Trump?” Both versions have been in evidence at this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, with most of the “Donald Johns” coming in official proclamations, such as the state-by-state roll call of delegates on Monday night, and the “Donald J.”s coming from adoring speakers. It is not clear whether Trump himself has taken an official position on this. His fervent followers at least seem to agree that adding a middle accoutrement between his first and last names confers the full historical weight to which Trump is entitled. (Think John F. Kennedy, Ulysses S. Grant, and P. T. Barnum.) The speakers in Milwaukee also seem to agree that Trump still prizes the honorific of President. Anyone here reckless enough to utter the words former …

How France’s far right changed the debate on immigration

How France’s far right changed the debate on immigration

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For the first time since its founding, France’s anti-immigration National Rally (RN) party has clawed its way to within arm’s reach of governing. The far-right party’s rise has fundamentally changed France’s immigration debate, dragging besieged President Emmanuel Macron’s once-liberal coalition far to the right while bringing together a bloc of left-wing parties united by the desire to give undocumented migrants a pathway to legal work. Source link

In all this noisy election debate, why is there a conspiracy of silence about Brexit? | Andrew Rawnsley

In all this noisy election debate, why is there a conspiracy of silence about Brexit? | Andrew Rawnsley

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It is not so much the elephant in the room as the big fat hairy mammoth. Brexit is the most consequential thing the Conservatives have done since the last election. More, it is the most impactful legacy of their 14-year stretch in power. When the histories are written, every other failure of this Tory era will be a footnote compared with that epic folly. With Partygate and all the other scandals on his watch, Boris Johnson recklessly tested Britain’s tolerance for being governed by a prime minster who flagrantly debased standards in public life. With the maxi-disaster of her mini-budget, Liz Truss conducted a deranged experiment that exploded not just in her face, but blew the doors off the country. Ruinous to the Tory party’s reputation as those episodes were, nothing has left a wound as deep, gaping and untreated as that inflicted by Brexit. Yet there’s a conspiracy of silence about it from both the Tory leader and his Labour rival. It did not feature once, not even as an aside, in last week’s …

Taxes, NHS, immigration: Starmer and Sunak clash in first election TV debate – video highlights | General election 2024

Taxes, NHS, immigration: Starmer and Sunak clash in first election TV debate – video highlights | General election 2024

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Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer went head to head in the first TV debate before the general election on 4 July. The debate was dominated by a row on taxes after the prime minister repeatedly told the audience Keir Starmer would raise families’ taxes by £2,000. Starmer responded by calling this nonsense. The two party leaders went on to debate immigration, the Rwanda scheme, funding the NHS and what their plans are to help the younger generation Source link

Keir Starmer Slams Rishi Sunak In Election Debate

Keir Starmer Slams Rishi Sunak In Election Debate

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Keir Starmer branded Rishi Sunak “insulting and childish” during the first head-to-head debate of the election campaign. The pair clashed repeatedly during the hour-long ITV programme. But it was the prime minister’s refusal to deny that he believes the Labour leader is a threat to national security which saw tempers boil over. Presenter Julie Etchingham asked Sunak: “You raised a question there very specifically at the end of that statement … about our security or otherwise under the potential leadership of Keir Starmer. “Do you really think the man standing next to you is a threat to our national security?” The PM replied: “I don’t think the Labour Party can be trusted to keep this country as safe as the Conservatives.” Starmer could be heard saying “shocking” as Sunak continued: “The world is a more dangerous and uncertain place than at any point since the end of the Cold War. “I’ve made the decision to invest more in our defence, taking it up to 2.5% of GDP, the Labour Party have not matched that. And …