Hillary Clinton

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)

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• ABOUT = [1]
• FOX Business = [2]
• HCWE = [3]