Stocks Slide As Biden Vows To “End Shareholder Capitalism”, Raise Corporate Tax Rate To 28%

Update (1520ET): The headlines are rolling in. For starters, Biden says he plans to raise “hundreds of billions of dollars” by raising the corporate tax rate.

• BIDEN ACCUSES TRUMP OF WALKING AWAY FROM THE PANDEMIC CRISIS
• BIDEN: WALL STREET BANKERS AND CEOS DIDN’T BUILD AMERICA
• BIDEN: TRUMP IS FOCUSED ON STOCK MARKET, NOT WORKING PEOPLE
• BIDEN: ENDING THE ERA OF ‘SHAREHOLDER CAPITALISM’ IS OVERDUE
• BIDEN SAYS TRUMP IS DETERMINED TO DRIVE AMERICANS APART
• BIDEN SAYS TRUMP `CODDLES UP’ TO PUTIN, OTHERS

We hope all Biden’s talk about our American values of “hard work” and fairness resonate with the far-left. Meanwhile, Biden’s speech appears to be weighing on stocks in the last hour of trade (though it could be technical action).

Aping Trump’s rhetoric on trade and American jobs, Biden claims he wants to bring “5 million jobs” back to America, and push through an infrastructure bill, which he says he will announce “next week”.

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As we explained last night, Joe Biden’s new presidential campaign platform, which his team handled in cooperation with Bernie’s people in an effort to produce a “Biden-Sanders” platform, embraces the central provisions of the ‘Green New Deal’ and other far-left policy positions, while also talking the talk about protecting American workers to try to win more support among midwestern swing voters.

Biden is following that up with a speech, his first in some time. Watch it live below:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nts-UcFqDMA]