By: Aaron Zitner, Jon Kamp, and Brian McGill – wsj.com – September 30, 2024 An aging population and economic distress have increased dependence on federal and state support. Here’s why that matters for the 2024 election. The country hasn’t always been this reliant on government support. In 1970, government safety-net money accounted for significant income in fewer than 1% of America’s...

Kamala Harris told America on debate night that Goldman Sachs and the Wharton School of Business said her economic plan is better than Trump’s. Both Goldman and Wharton have now come out and said that she was lying. Source: Top Business School Obliterates Kamala’s Claim That She’ll Boost the Economy

Trump has backed similar policies that undercut the traditional free market approach.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 18, 2024 Jerome Powell says the economy is strong but still cuts rates by 50 basis points. Mr. Powell said the Fed is merely “recalibrating” monetary policy as the economy recovers from the inflation shock of recent years. As inflation drifts down toward the Fed’s 2% target, real interest rates will rise...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 10, 2024 They have good reason to be, as the latest Census data reveal. Kamala Harris says the Biden Administration rescued the U.S. economy. The truth is that the Biden inflation has left most Americans worse off than they were before the pandemic. The latest evidence comes from Tuesday’s Census Bureau report...

Former President Donald Trump is dominating Vice President Kamala Harris in the polls in every swing state regarding one of the top issues leading up to election day: the economy. 

Vice President Kamala Harris’ economic policies are not yet fully known, but her platitudes suggest a focus on affordable housing, health care, child care, paid leave and the Green New Deal,

By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – August 15, 2024 Harris isn’t interested in ‘price gouging.’ She’s trying to shift the blame from her administration. Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a federal ban on corporate price gouging on groceries in a speech laying out her economic agenda on Friday, campaign officials said late Wednesday, in an effort to blame...

A growing number of Americans aren’t simply out of a job. They’re no longer fit for work.

Recall the February 2021 The New York Times article titled “The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really.” Democrats don’t talk about that much anymore, and with good reason.