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[[Image: Secretaryclintonheadshot.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Hillary Clinton]]
==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)
==Sources Key==
FOX Business = [http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2015/07/24/hillary-clinton-would-double-taxes-on-short-term-capital-gains.html]
HCWE = [https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/plan-raise-american-incomes/]
ABOUT = [http://useconomy.about.com/od/fiscalpolicy/p/Hillary_Economy.htm]
