US/elec/2024

United States elections in 2024

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• 2024/08/29 21:56 UTC [L..T] Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy «Donors to Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign are pushing her to reconsider supporting a proposed tax on the wealthiest Americans, as some Wall Street and Silicon Valley executives try to reshape the Democratic nominee's governing agenda.» ... «Aaron Levie, the chief executive of the cloud-storage company Box, who has put $30,000 into her campaign and said he plans to give more, said he and other Silicon Valley leaders he had spoken with saw the proposal as "quite punitive." [/] "There's optimism that this can't possibly be real," Mr. Levie said. "Most people are waiting to hear from the Harris campaign. Is this a real proposal that is actually being pushed for – or was this something that was inherited from Biden?"» "Punitive?" Really?? ...but apparently she dropped it, and it seems likely this is one of the reasons she lost.