Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris unveiled her economic plan in a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday afternoon, warning that her rival, Donald Trump, would “make the cost of living go up for millions of Americans.”
The vice president’s plan is focused on economic initiatives that would benefit the middle class, with tax cuts she said would affect 100 million Americans, a federal ban on price gouging, lower drug prices, and the building of millions more homes. Harris compared each aspect of her agenda to that of Trump, promising a bright future in contrast to the former president’s dark vision of the past.
Specifically, she has promised to enact a federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries, and promulgate regulations to stop big corporations from “unfairly” exploiting consumers and raking in “excessive profits” as a result.
The campaign also announced plans to call for building three million new housing units over the next …