Hillary Clinton

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.

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

Sources Key

• ABOUT = [1]
• FOX Business = [2]
• HCCFR = [3]
• HCWAD = [4]
• HCWE = [5]