Trump shed some light on those plans for jobs and the economy earlier this week, also in the Detroit area, wherein he said that repealing Obamacare would save America 2 million jobs. For the stuff that’s not working. well, she’s got a few tweaks.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton boards a plane at Chicago Midway International Airport, in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, to travel to Westchester, N.Y. Clinton gave a speech on the economy after touring Futuramic Tool & Engineering in Warren, Mich., and attended a fundraiser in Chicago.
Trump lobbed the allegation midway through his rally at a sports arena, where riled-up supporters shouted obscenities about Clinton and joined in unison to shout “lock her up”.
Michigan’s economic revival is also touted by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who has said he isn’t endorsing in this year’s presidential election. (The current so-called “pass through” top rate is just under 40 percent.) “Let’s call it the ‘Trump loophole, ‘ because it allows him to pay less than half the current tax rate on income from many of his companies”, Clinton said.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called for increasing public and private spending on USA public works projects as a way to boost the economy in a policy address that also took aim at Republican rival Donald Trump’s call for tax cuts tilted toward the wealthy.
Trump and his lawyer have said the IRS is auditing his returns, so he can’t or won’t release them, although there is no legal prohibition on releasing returns that are being audited.
Clinton stood firm and said she would abandon the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade plan she had previously supported under President Obama.
Clinton’s running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, along with his wife, Anne Holton, released 10 years of tax returns. It was given to counter Trump’s economic plan, which he had not yet discussed in detail.
In other Iowa intrigue: In a speech at the Iowa State Fair, conservative Republican Rep. Steve King called Clinton “somebody I can work with”, the Des Moines Register reported. “Even if the Republican ticket fails in the battle for the White House, Mr. Pence wants to preserve his future viability, a goal that has created a delicate dance for him”, the Times story says.
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders both have grand, overarching visions of what’s gone wrong with the USA economy.
Trump said this week he wants to cut taxes for businesses and workers, and go with a three-bracket income tax system that’s close to what House Republicans have recommended.
Only hours before, the businessman had restated the allegation with no mention of sarcasm, telling rally-goers in Kissimmee, Florida, that “I’ve been saying that Barack Obama is the founder”. Instead, Clinton made the case that the country could work better for a whole lot of people – and that she has a specific, detailed plan to help all of them. “Hillary Clinton has a problem with lying”.
During the event he launched a series of attacks on Clinton and Barack Obama that were greeted with rowdy cheers and whistles by fans, many wearing Trump regalia and “make America great again” hats. The former manufacturing powerhouse has been hard hit by the decline of the automobile industry and the real estate market.
The controversy over the Islamic State has dogged the campaign in a week in which he has been trying to highlight his economic proposals.
“I would say they could be tried there”, Trump said.
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Things are unlikely to get any easier for her. Clinton has said her stance on trade has evolved, that she now opposes TPP because it does not do enough to protect jobs and that she wants changes in NAFTA, the trade deal her husband, Bill Clinton, signed during his presidency.
