Clinton lays out economic vision, calls out Republican opponents [View all]
Source: MSNBC
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri — In her most comprehensive remarks on economic policy yet, Hillary Clinton said she would focus squarely on raising middle-class wages and went after her Republican candidates by name. As Republicans call for growing the economy and liberals call for tackling economic inequality, Clinton chose a different tack, saying, “The defining economic challenge of our time is clear: We must raise incomes for hard-working Americans.”
To do that, she called for increasing the minimum wage, corporate profit-sharing, boosting the power of unions, reducing health-care costs, and expanding the role of women in the economy, among other ideas. She also suggested she would increase taxes on the wealthy and crack down on Wall Street. Clinton, who has so far declined to go after her potential Republican presidential opponents by name, lined up the three top contenders in the GOP field and whacked each one on a different issue emblematic of what she called failed conservative economic polices.
With former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Clinton called out a comment he made about workers needing to put in longer hours — a remark Bush’s campaign said was taken out of context. “You may have heard Governor Bush say last week that Americans just need to work longer hours. He must not have met very many American workers,” she said. Next up was Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, whose corporate tax reform plan she knocked as a giveaway to big business.
Finally, she had especially strong words for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who announced his candidacy for the presidency today. “Republican governors like Scott Walker have made their names stomping on workers’ rights,” she said of his push to crack down on public-sector unions. She called Walker’s moves on unions “mean-spirited” and “misguided,” and added that “We have to get serious about supporting union workers.”
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