Hillary Clinton
Revision as of 15:03, 22 January 2016 by imported>Komal
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
Campaign Finance Reform
- Overturn Citizens United (HCCFR)
- require outside groups to publicly disclose political spending (HCCFR)
- establish small-donor matching system (HCCFR)