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Campaign promises and what happens later

2024/8/17
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This chapter explores the relationship between economic promises made during presidential campaigns and the actual economic policies implemented in the Oval Office, highlighting the challenges and limitations faced by candidates and presidents in fulfilling these promises.

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The presidential campaign has been full of economic promises. Do you pick the contender vowing to reduce food costs and invest in housing? Or the one promising more tariffs and oil drilling? Promises can become targets for the opposition, even if they have little chance of being carried out in their original form. Which leaves some voters wondering: Do policy goals pitched on the campaign trail matter? Plus: The insurance boogeyman creeps up behind condos and a Pennsylvania town navigates life without a coal plant.