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Clinton economic policies rely on tax changes

Clinton responded yesterday to Trump’s suggestion at an Iowa rally, saying, “words matter”.

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s lack of filter when it comes to political rules is worrying his supporters, and rightfully so. The news outlet stated that her tax rate “reportedly is around 35 percent, while her charitable donations make up 10 percent”. A number of prominent Republicans have declined to endorse him in the November 8 election against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, citing his fiery rhetoric and policy proposals such as building a wall along the U.S.

The Clinton campaign has made it a point to remind the USA that Trump has not released his returns.

Just before her speech, Clinton toured the Futuramic plant with owner Mark Jurcak and met with employees who are making rocket boosters for NASA and parts for the F-35 Fighter jet.

She also said she would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

The Democratic presidential nominee sought to seize momentum as Republicans – including Trump – struck an nearly defeatist note about their Election Day chances.

She spoke in rust-belt MI at Futuramic Tool & Engineering – an auto parts supplier that remade itself into an aerospace company – to stress the kinds of advanced manufacturing jobs we need to help rebuild America’s middle class.

Rattling off a host of ideas, she said she wanted broadband Internet service in every home, paid family leave, a higher federal minimum wage, clean water in Flint, initiatives for small business and entrepreneurs and a program to modernize infrastructure.

According to a speech Hillary Clinton just concluded, the same economist who predicted that 3.4 million job-loss number under Trump’s plan (he’s a former economic advisor to Republican senator John McCain) said that Clinton’s plan would create more than 10 million new jobs. He also called for greater child care deductions for families. “One nonpartisan expert at the Tax Policy Center described this plan as, I quote, a really nice deal for Donald Trump”. “I think he says things that if he does get elected, he’s not going to get anything done”.

Both candidates used MI to disclose their economic proposals, while taking a shot or two at each other along the way.

Trump has struggled to keep the focus on his economic proposal week after fresh controversy with his comments about the Second Amendment.

The presidential contest found Donald Trump trying to move on again from something he said a day earlier.

A draft of the letter, which operatives say has at least 70 signatories, warns that Trump’s “divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide”.

Mr Trump insisted he was never advocating violence against Mrs Clinton.

“He has not offered any solutions for any real economic challenges we face”, Clinton said.

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As Trump struggled to turn the page on a hard period in his campaign, Clinton’s campaign continued a push to win over Republicans and independents Wednesday, launching a group called “Together for America”. Lerer reported from Washington.

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