THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS

CLINTON’S CHANCE TO OUTFOX

TRUMP

Excerpt: "Clinton’s agenda (has) a unifying theme. It’s the same one that Democrats have been running on for twenty-five years, a period in which they have won the popular vote in five out of six Presidential elections, and it involves using the power of the government to tilt the economy in favor of working people. Trump, although he talks like a populist, has largely adopted the regressive economic policies of the Republican establishment. Here are some examples of the two candidates’ policy differences:

Clinton would raise the federal minimum wage to twelve dollars, and she supports efforts to set a fifteen-dollar minimum wage for some areas of the country. Trump doesn’t believe in a federal minimum wage.

Clinton would raise taxes on high earners and use the money to pay for things like expanded preschool and free tuition at public colleges for the children of middle-class and lower-income families. Trump’s tax plan is a huge giveaway to the rich.

Clinton would use the tax system to encourage corporations to share their profits with their workers. Trump would slash the corporate tax rate to fifteen per cent without doing anything to encourage profit sharing.

Clinton would seek to expand the Affordable Care Act, bringing down the cost of co-payments and deductibles, doubling funding for low-cost community health centers, and establishing a public option to compete with private insurers. Trump would repeal the Affordable Care Act, and he hasn’t said what would replace it.

Clinton would expand the federal inheritance tax, which applies to only the very wealthiest American families, raising the rate to sixty-five per cent in some cases. The extra revenue raised would be used to reduce taxes on small businesses, and expand child tax credits. Trump would abolish the inheritance tax.

Clinton says that she would use “every tool,” including legislation, to ensure that women who do the same job as men receive the same pay. Trump says he supports equal pay for equal work, but he has opposed legislation to bring it about.

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