On 10/15/24 19:05, Ubiquitous wrote:
WASHINGTON β Vice President Kamala Harris proposed a suite of economic policies Monday aimed at appealing to Black men as the Democratic presidential nominee works to shore up a critical voting bloc whose
support is showing signs of slipping.
Harris' "Opportunity Agenda for Black men" includes offering 1 million
"fully forgivable" loans to Black business owners and new federal
regulations for cryptocurrency to protect investors in the digital
currency.
Harris has also proposed legalizing marijuana nationally for
recreational use and ensuring Black entrepreneurs have access to the
growing cannabis industry.
The proposals β unveiled just three weeks before Election Day β come as polling shows former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee,
has made inroads with Black men that could swing what's expected to be
a razor-thin election. Democrats also worry about signs of lagging
turnout among Black voters even as the country could elect the first
Black woman president in U.S. history.
The Harris campaign said, if elected, the vice president will "break
down unjust legal barriers that hold Black men and other Americans back
by legalizing marijuana nationally, working with Congress to ensure
that the safe cultivation, distribution, and possession of recreational marijuana is the law of the land."
Harris will "fight to ensure as the national cannabis industry takes
shape, Black men β who have, for years, been over policed for marijuana
use β are able to access wealth and jobs in this new market," the
campaign said in a statement.
The campaign called the policy a "stark contrast with Donald Trump" and
the Justice Department's approach with marijuana during his presidency. President Joe Biden's administration took steps this year to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I β its designation for decades β to a less dangerous Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
Marijuana is legal for recreational use in 24 states as well as the
District of Columbia. Trump, a Florida resident, said earlier this year
that he will vote for a measure in his home state legalizing
recreational marijuana that's on the ballot this fall.
That is one thing #45 has said but when he was in office he
did nothing about it.
Harris discussed her economic plan Monday in Erie, Pennsylvania at a
campaign event at Legenderie Records and Coffee House, a Black-owned business, before holding a campaign rally later in the evening.
In recognition of Harris' challenge with Black men, former President
Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president, called out Black men hesitant to support Harris in pointed remarks last Friday, suggesting
some aren't rallying behind her because she is a woman.
A New York Times/Sienna College poll released over the weekend found
Harris leading Black voters nationally over Trump by a wide 78%-15%
margin β yet that's closer than the 2020 election, when Biden won 90%
of Black voters, while Trump won just 9%, according to post-election
polls and other assessments. A CBS News/YouGov poll found Harris ahead
with Black voters by a wider 87%-12%.
"Kamala Harris is in full-blown desperation mode as she spends the
waning days of the campaign attempting to stop the bleeding among
voting blocs most traditionally aligned with Democrats," the Trump
campaign said in a statement on Harris's economic agenda for Black
voters.
Amd Trump promises the impossible. Wild talk about mass deportations which will derive several industries of important
worker, Tariffs for which the consumer will not pay, use of the
military to suppress his enemies i.e. the Democratic Party and
to put children back on the labor market as was done in the early
years of the preveious century.
Oh yeah, Trump is a white racist talking about black jobs
when a black man with two consecutive terms, unlike Trump not a
loser in business and politics was #43 and if he could run again
would likely beat Trump all hollow. Trump won't take much beating
either as he is pretty hollow right now with no real signs of
consecutive mentation from moment to moment. But he did take
charge when someone collapsed calling for a physician and so
forth. But then he lapsed into mobidity after setting up the
DJ to play soothing music.
Harris' loan proposal would provide loans fully forgivable up to
$20,000 to Black entrepreneurs and others "who have a good idea but
donβt have the resources, connections, or access to capital to get
their business off the ground, as well as entrepreneurs locating small businesses in underserved communities," the campaign said.
The program, which would be administered through a new partnership with
the Small Business Administration, builds off an earlier Harris
proposal to increase tax deductions for small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000.
Harris' pledge to ensure cryptocurrency investors are "protected" comes
as more than 20% of Black Americans own or have owned cryptocurrency
assets, according to the campaign.
I dunno but that sounds like a bad choice for the investors. Crypto-Currencies are more like gambling than investing. How deep
are Chinese Americans into Crypto? They are famously gamblers.
Harris' economic agenda also emphasizes expanding education, training
and mentorship programs for Black men. Areas targeted include:
investing in more Black male teachers; promoting registered
apprenticeships and credentialing opportunities in Black communities; strengthening Black leadership programs in public schools and
historically Black colleges and universities; and strengthening the
federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to recruit and retain
Black male teachers.
Harris also wants to launch a health equity initiative focused on Black
men to address sickle cell disease, diabetes, mental health, prostate
cancer and other health challenges that disproportionately impact
African American people, the campaign said.
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Let's go Brandon!
Dark Brandon has beaten you all who put Joe biden down with
thise nonsense. His finishing move resigning his candicacy puts him
on a plane with George Washington. That is one trick Trump can never
master, doing things for the sake of the nation.
bliss
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