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two weeks until elections in the US. Tension grows as opinion polls remain virtually tied. According to most of those who know about these matters, uncertainty in the history of the electoral process has rarely been so distressing.
In recent weeks, the speeches of both candidates no longer seem to have the slightest effect on an electorate that seems to have decided a long time ago who to vote for. Neither Donald Trump’s attacks and rudeness against Kamala Harris, nor her efforts to present herself as the candidate of common sense and the future for the country, have been sufficiently convincing.
Trump has been unable to explain or, at least, try to make known with any clarity what his plan to govern is. Harris has insisted that it is democracy that is in suspense if her opponent becomes president. One issue seems to be the one that tips the balance: the economy. Not even issues as important as abortion, democracy, social issues or migration have had the necessary traction to tilt the electorate’s preference.
In Trump’s agenda to aggrandize America
the only thing that stands out is his idea of imposing strong tariffs on imports from China and countries that, like Mexico, produce products based on components from that country, and that of lowering taxes, a policy that has been more than proven to favor to those who earn the most
The ovation Harris received when she promised to raise taxes on top earners at her nominating event recalled the politics of a party that in the past made common cause with the working poor and middle class. But solidarity with these sectors eroded starting in the 1960s, when the economic policy of the Democratic governments opted for a policy more in line with the interests of large financial and industrial capital. To the fear and doubts of the business sector about said tax proposal, Harris responded with enigmatic pragmatism. He clarified that he has mitigating factors such as the increase from 21 to 28 percent in the tax rate, instead of 39 percent that Biden had proposed. There is a latent danger that, given Harris and Biden’s wavering Middle East policy, Netanyahu will decide who will be the next White House guest.
