2024 presidential candidates on the economy

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This page includes statements from the 2024 presidential candidates on the economy. These statements were compiled from each candidate's official campaign website, editorials, speeches, and debates.

The candidates featured on this page are the noteworthy Democratic and Republican candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Only candidates who address this page's issue on their campaign website, in public statements, or in public speeches have a quote featured on this page. See something we missed? Email us. The active noteworthy presidential candidates are:

Kamala Harris (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Chase Oliver (L)
Jill Stein (G)

Economy

Democratic candidates

Joe Biden

In a campaign speech Biden said, "Look at what we’ve been able to get done: 14 million new jobs — more jobs than any president has created in a four-year term; record economic growth — over 5 percent just the last quarter; unemployment under 4 percent for 20 months in a row, another record; the lowest inflation rate of any major economy on Earth; and we have more work to do." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-06]}

Kamala D. Harris

Harris' campaign website said, "Vice President Harris grew up in a middle class home as the daughter of a working mom. She believes that when the middle class is strong, America is strong. That’s why as President, Kamala Harris will create an Opportunity Economy where everyone has a chance to compete and a chance to succeed—whether they live in a rural area, small town, or big city. Vice President Kamala Harris has made clear that building up the middle class will be a defining goal of her presidency. That’s why she will make it a top priority to bring down costs and increase economic security for all Americans. As President, she will fight to cut taxes for more than 100 million working and middle class Americans while lowering the costs of everyday needs like health care, housing, and groceries. She will bring together organized labor and workers, small business owners, entrepreneurs, and American companies to create good paying jobs, grow the economy, and ensure that America continues to lead the world." ^{[source, as of 2024-09-09]}

Dean Phillips

Phillips' campaign website said, "As a business owner for my entire professional life before Congress, I know that small businesses are the engine that drive our economy, and as a member of the Small Business Committee in Congress, I have made supporting them a top priority. I believe that smart public policy is both pro-business and pro-worker. Those ideas are not mutually exclusive. That’s why I’m an advocate for policies that grow the economy by reducing red tape, investing in people, rewarding innovation, and sharing in success." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Marianne Williamson

Williamson's campaign website said, "A system that does not feel, which has no sense of ethical responsibility to people or planet, is a dangerous guide to America’s future. Living for our principles will provide more economic security than living for short-term corporate interests can ever provide. Our government should not be run like a business; it should be run like a family, where taking care of each other, and taking care of our home, are the values that guide us. America can create a care economy." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Republican candidates

Ryan Binkley

Binkley's campaign website said, "Keeping Washington’s fiscal status quo in place has already saddled us with mountains of debt and mortgaged our children’s and grandchildren’s future. It is time to look at what we’re doing to the next generation. [...] Reigning in spending and putting an end to our government’s excessive borrowing is fundamental to grow the U.S. economy, shore up our regional banks, and save the U.S. dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Ron DeSantis

DeSantis' campaign website said, "Americans have been saddled with persistently high prices and weak economic growth. American families have seen their quality of life and economic security diminish while our national debt has exploded, and our country loses to Communist China. We need an economic policy that is focused on making the cost of living more affordable for working families. Our policies can no longer be driven by the ruling class. It's time to name names and defeat those people and institutions that have formed the root cause of this economic malaise. And a family-focused economy means having the courage to take on our enemies." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Nikki Haley

In a speech Haley said, "Together, we’ll move forward, into a new era of big ideas, better jobs, and the boundless optimism that lifts up everyone, not just a select few. The dark days of Bidenomics, with its sky-high inflation and interest rates, struggling families, special-interest handouts, and failed socialism will fade into a distant memory as a hard lesson learned." ^{[source, as of 2023-09-22]}

Asa Hutchinson

Hutchinson's campaign website listed the following policy, "I will end the printing of money in Washington that adds endlessly to our national debt. I will balance the budget within four (4) years and submit a budget to Congress that reins in federal spending. I will work with Congress to rescind spending authority for any funds in the pipeline that is not obligated under previous Congressional spending bills. Furthermore, no federal regulations will be approved without assuring that it is consistent with congressional intent and does not create unnecessary burdens on citizens and businesses." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-19]}

Vivek Ramaswamy

Ramaswamy's campaign website listed the following policies, "Drill, frack & burn coal: abandon the climate cult & unshackle nuclear energy. Put Americans back to work: dismantle Lyndon Johnson’s failed 'Great Society.' Incentivize trade schools over hollow college degrees (sorry, gender studies majors). Launch deregulatory 'Reagan 2.0' revolution: cut >75% headcount amongst U.S. regulators. Limit the U.S. Fed’s scope: stabilize the dollar & nothing more." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Donald Trump

Trump's campaign website said, "President Donald J. Trump passed record-setting tax relief for the middle class, doubled the child tax credit, and slashed more job-killing regulations than any administration had ever done before. Real wages quickly increased as a result, and median household income reached the highest level in the history of our country, while poverty reached a record low. President Trump created nearly 9,000 Opportunity Zones to revitalize neglected communities. President Trump produced a booming economic recovery, and record low unemployment for African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and women. Joe Biden is the destroyer of America’s jobs and continues to fuel runaway inflation with reckless big government spending. President Trump’s vision for America’s economic revival is lower taxes, bigger paychecks, and more jobs for American workers." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}