The Democratic Party’s Project 2025
What Kamala Harris will do if she wins the White House in 77 days is still mostly an open question, since she leapfrogged the primaries and didn’t have to argue over policy with any Democratic competitors. But for one clue as to Ms. Harris’s direction, look at what the Democratic base believes, since she has a history of following her party instead of leading it.
The 92-page document is filled with political rhetoric and exaggerations that present Mr. Biden as a working-class hero and Donald Trump as a richy-rich villain. But the platform is also a peek into an economic worldview in which the government is the answer, almost no matter the question. While private businesses are always “gouging” or adding “junk fees,” or otherwise trying to rip somebody off, Washington’s wise men are capable of providing for the American people, if only they have the power to pass the laws and regulations.
Here are only some of the promises:
• “Health care should be a right in America, not a privilege,” the platform says. “We’ll never quit fighting to protect and expand the Affordable Care Act.”
• “We support Medicaid expansion, encouraging states to provide health coverage to low-income Americans on the federal government’s tab.”
• “We’ll look to expand traditional Medicare coverage to include dental, vision, and hearing services.”
