Hillary Clinton released her 2015 tax returns on Friday, showing she and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned $10.6 million and paid roughly a third of that in federal income tax.
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Clinton has also rebutted Donald Trump’s suggestion that she’s not up to the rigours of the presidency.
Bill Clinton also appeared less frequently on the speaking circuit past year.
The release is part of an effort to undercut Mr Trump’s character by questioning the businessman’s record.
However, the disclosure of Clinton’s wealth, mainly coming from highly-paid speeches delivered to financial institutions, might also raise concerns about whether she could really defend interests of middle-class families and take a tough stance against Wall Street as she has promised.
Clinton has pounced on this in the past, suggesting that Trump is not trustworthy – a criticism that many on the right have level against her.
The Clintons have disclosed tax returns for every year since 1977.
Trump outlined a revamped economic package in his speech Monday.
Clinton’s plan includes creating 10 million new jobs by working with both parties to pass the biggest investment in new good paying jobs since the Second World War.
“I just do not think insults and bullying is how we are to get things done”, she said as she laid out her economic plan in Warren, Michigan, on Thursday. “Under Donald Trump’s so-called plans, we will lose about three and a half million jobs”. “He made a career out of stiffing small businesses”.
The Republican candidate has said he is worth more than $10 billion, but no one has been able to confirm this independently. But so much about how she’d make it all happen remains a question mark.
At an appearance in Miami Beach, Florida, hours before Clinton’s speech, Trump said his rival “wants to tax and regulate our economy to death”. “Real estate is notorious for throwing off huge deductions”. “Go down to certain areas and watch and study and make sure other people don’t come in and vote five times”, he said at a rally in Altoona, Pennsylvania. “. All I have to do is stop funding the Republican Party”.
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She has moved to the left on many policy proposals, in some cases doing about-faces, as with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which, in a complete break with President Barack Obama, she said she opposes and will continue to oppose, despite having been for it when serving in the administration.
