Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have rarely agreed before and after she entered the presidential race. But several new stances on economic policy from both sides have changed that.
Harris took Trump’s “no tax on tips” pledge, and both candidates now agree on significant child tax credits. Their economic policies serve to feed a voter population hungry for good financial news amid inflation that has hit prime consumer goods hard.
Former President Bill Clinton signed the first child tax credit into law in 1997, and President Joe Biden’s administration expanded it as part of his American Rescue Plan. Senate Republicans recently blocked a chance at expanding the credit as part of a bipartisan tax deal, but that hasn’t stopped Trump from thinking about an expanded $5,000 child tax credit for all income levels.
Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D….
