AN UNUSUALLY relaxed Hillary Clinton offered a rebuttal of Donald Trump’s economic policies in a speech near Detroit on August 11th. “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” said the front-runner of Mr Trump’s plan—and with good reason. Mr Trump’s ideas are a thoughtless mess that would cause widespread economic pain while achieving little in return (see our leader). Mrs Clinton cast his proposed bonfire of regulations as an opportunity for corporations to pollute the environment and exploit consumers. She observed that his promised tax-cuts for high-earners would enrich his family by billions of dollars. She labelled Mr Trump’s pledge that even single-person businesses will pay no more than a 15% tax on their profits as the “Trump loophole”. She even convincingly dismissed his proposed tax-deduction for child-care as unfairly skewed towards the rich. As a rebuttal of Mr Trump’s agenda, the speech was an unusual oratorical success.
Yet Mrs Clinton’s own economic offering...Continue reading
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