To the editor,

The US has higher wages, higher productivity, and higher stock prices than other countries in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Policies that put consumers first - us everyday people! - have given us more access to money and opportunity.

These are the successful policies Vice President Kamala Harris supports, and they are delivering the best economic growth since the pandemic. These government investments made over the last three years have attracted substantial private investments.

The Department of Health and Human Services reported that nearly 1.5 million of us everyday people saved nearly $1 billion on Medicare Part D prescriptions in the first half of this year. That’s the Inflation Reduction Act at work!

Kamala Harris wants Medicare to pay for home health aides and cover the cost of that benefit with additional savings from drug price negotiations. This would help millions of Americans save on the high cost of residential care by keeping our elderly relatives at home longer.

Harris will help families and small businesses with her plan of $25,000 in down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers and working with home builders to build 3 million new housing units by the end of her first term; with her plan to cut taxes for families by extending the Child Tax Credit; and with her plan for business start-ups to be able to deduct $50,000 in costs rather than the current $5,000.

Kamala Harris is fighting for our freedom and democracy. Donald Trump, a convicted felon, is running to help himself. The choice has never been clearer–someone who works only to enrich himself and people like Elon Musk; or Kamala Harris, someone who will work to help us everyday people, every day!

Vote for Kamala Harris for President.

Jane Lansing

Maiden Rock