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Harris unveils populist economic plan

Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plan today and it appears to be focused on mostly small-scale pocket-book populist issues. Our main take-away is that, like her opponent Donald Trump, she has shied away from promoting any large-scale deficit-financed tax cuts or spending increases, presumably because with the Federal debt close to 100% of GDP and on track to continue rising, her team is worried about an adverse market reaction.

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