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*Raise the minimum wage and figure out how to make the tax system a fairer one. Right now, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much. (DD1)
 
*Raise the minimum wage and figure out how to make the tax system a fairer one. Right now, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much. (DD1)
*Income Tax: Rates on Ordinary Income -- Adds a 4% surtax on income over $5 million.
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*Income Tax: Rates on Ordinary Income -- Adds a 4% surtax on income over $5 million.[http://taxfoundation.org/comparing-2016-presidential-tax-reform-proposals]
  
  

Revision as of 16:27, 22 January 2016

Hillary Clinton

Tax Reform

  • Raise the minimum wage and figure out how to make the tax system a fairer one. Right now, the wealthy pay too little and the middle class pays too much. (DD1)
  • Income Tax: Rates on Ordinary Income -- Adds a 4% surtax on income over $5 million.[1]


Health Policy

Drug Policy

Middle East

Trade

Immigration

Environmental

Entrepreneurship Innovation

Economy

  • New College Compact: tax cut of $2,500 per student, lower interest rates on student loans (HCWE)
  • 15% tax cuts on businesses that share profits with their employees (HCWE)
  • increase funding for research and infrastructure (HCWE)
  • raising the minimum wage up to $15 and expansion of overtime rules (ABOUT)
  • cutting the red tape that prevents people from starting businesses (HCWE)
  • expanding access to capital (HCWE)
  • closing tax loopholes (HCWE)
  • increase access to education by providing access to "quality preschools" to all Americans over the next 10 years (HCWE)
  • reform executive compensation to favor long term value over short term growth (HCWE)
  • raise short term capital growth taxes for people earning more than $400,000 a year (ABOUT)
  • tax cuts to the middle class and small businesses (HCWE)
  • paid family leave (HCWE)
  • Investments held between one and two years would be taxed at the maximum income-tax rate of 39.6%. Assets held for longer would be taxed on a sliding scale, such as 36% for those held 2-3 years, 32% for those held three to four years, and 20% (the current rate) for those held for six years or more. (FOX Business)

Alzheimer's Disease

  • invest $2 Billion per year in Alzheimer's research (HCWAD)
  • increase reliability of funding until 2025 (HCWAD)
  • establish action plans with researchers and experts (HCWAD)
  • Medicare coverage for treatment plans and documentation (HCWAD)
  • reauthorization of the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (HCWAD)
  • get the Social Security Administration to raise awareness about benefits covered by Medicare (HCWAD)

Campaign Finance Reform

  • Overturn Citizens United (HCCFR)
  • require outside groups to publicly disclose political spending (HCCFR)
  • establish small-donor matching system (HCCFR)

Campus Sexual Assault

“I want to send a message to every survivor of sexual assault: Don’t let anyone silence your voice. You have the right to be heard. You have the right to be believed, and we’re with you.” (HCCSA)

  • comprehensive support to survivors at every campus
  • transparency about campus disciplinary procedures and filing complaints in the criminal justice system (HCCSA)
  • enact sexual violence prevention educational programs in campuses and secondary schools

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