The LIFT Act, Kamala Harris’s newest big idea for 2020, explained

The LIFT Act, Kamala Harris’s newest big idea for 2020, explained

Likely 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are in the midst of a kind of big-idea arms race, with each one attempting to pivot left by endorsing bigger and bigger plans to expand the safety net.

First, Bernie Sanders unveils his Medicare-for-all bill ; then Kirsten Gillibrand comes out for a job guarantee (and Sanders follows suit ). Elizabeth Warren announces a plan to give workers seats on corporate boards , and Kamala Harris and Cory Booker propose new tax credits to help with rising rents .

The latest volley in the competition is the LIFT the Middle Class Act from Harris. As […]

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