Kamala Harris campaign posts policy positions on website after criticism(www.rawstory.com)

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Landless2029@lemmy.world

5 points

2 months ago

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% and/or maybe maybe inheritance tax). Oh look at this! Tax on Extreme Wealth 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.

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AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works

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2 months ago

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.

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Landless2029@lemmy.world

5 points

2 months ago

Maybe not abolish but scale it back by 50%

Ethanol needs to go away.

Approximately 45% of U.S. corn croplands are used for ethanol production.

Corn feed is also bad. Cows aren’t meant to live off of corn and it makes them unhealthier for us to eat.

Feeding cattle on corn fundamentally changes the meat they produce, greatly increasing levels of unhealthy Omega-6 fatty acids and decreasing levels of healthy Omega-3 fatty acids. This change greatly impacts the healthiness of meat for human consumption.

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

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