“If you want to know what raising a family might look like under a Kamala Harris presidency, look to this Rust Belt city.” Those are the words of Washington Post economics columnist Catherine Rampell. Rampell is referencing what she deems “an innovative, pro-family program that has become a key plank of Harris’s economic agenda: giving newborn babies $6,000 in cash, no strings attached.”
About Rampell’s column, it’s important to stress up front that it’s in no way a hit piece on Harris. While those who lean left reflexively recoil at the mere hint of authoritarianism that emerges from anyone on (or even associated with) the right, Rampell has taken a casual (if not downright giddy) stance about a future president in Harris arrogating to herself a substantial, wildly expensive role in shaping how parents raise their kids.
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