Mass deportation would accomplish nothing - by Noah Smith

“The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten/ The oranges piled in their creosote dumps” — Woody Guthrie Ever since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden and the Democrats shifted to sunny, positive vibes, I’ve started seeing some people criticize the Harris campaign for being light on substance. For example, in his response to my post, Tyler Cowen wrote that “now the Democrats are trying to win with a “brat” and “vibes only” strategy, and no real policy positions.” And Wesley Yang declared that the Dems are running “a vapid, substance free campaign.” That seems a little unfair to me. Joe Biden has done so much substantive stuff in his four years as President that all Kamala Harris really has to do is promise to stay the course on things like the CHIPS Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, student loan forgiveness/reform, health care subsidies, export controls, friendshoring, tariffs, border controls, etc. in order to be a very substantive candidate. This is not to say I agree with all of t

“The crops are all in and the peaches are rotten/ The oranges piled in their creosote dumps” — Woody Guthrie Ever since Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden and the Democrats shifted to sunny, positive vibes, I’ve started seeing some people criticize the Harris campaign for being light on substance. For example, in his response to my post, Tyler Cowen wrote that “now the Democrats are trying to win with a “brat” and “vibes only” strategy, and no real policy positions.” And Wesley Yang declared that the Dems are running “a vapid, substance free campaign.” That seems a little unfair to me. Joe Biden