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Related: About this forumDoes Hillary support trickle down economics?
I recognize she supports many social causes but so do O Malley and Bernie Sander. But her large donors seemingly support trickle down and her remarks like Obama's to Joe the plumber indicate that she has no intention of breaking up this unfair wealth distribution.
I think she professes and supports civil rights, and women's and children's well being in order to detract the general population from noticing the manipulation of our people and the corruption of our politicians in order to serve their rich donors.
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Does Hillary support trickle down economics? (Original Post)
daybranch
Jan 2016
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. The answer is NO. There is no such thing as
"trickle-down" just that giant sucking sound. But here you go:
A plan to raise American incomes
Hillary believes the defining economic challenge of our time is raising incomes for hardworking Americans.
Too many families are working harder and harder, but still not getting ahead. Our country is standing again, but were not yet running the way we should be. From her first day in office to the last, Hillary Clinton will fight for you and for more take-home pay so you can get ahead and stay ahead.
Hillary understands that in order to raise incomes, we need strong growth, fair growth, and long-term growth. And she has a plan to get us there.
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/plan-raise-american-incomes/
Her plan is way too detailed to post here, but this is one part:
Put an end to quarterly capitalism. We need an economy where companies plan for the long run and invest in their workers through increased wages and better trainingleading to higher productivity, better service, and larger profits. Hillary will revamp the capital gains tax to reward farsighted investments that create jobs. Shell address the rising influence of the kinds of so-called activist shareholders that focus on short-term profits at the expense of long-term growth, and shell reform executive compensation to better align the interests of executives with long-term value.
Impose accountability on Wall Street. Nowhere will the shift from short-term to long-term thinking be more important than on Wall Street. Hillary will defend the Wall Street reforms put in place after the financial crisisand shell go further. Shell tackle dangerous risks in the financial sector, and shell appoint and empower tough, independent regulators and prosecute individuals and firms when they commit fraud or other criminal wrong-doing.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)2. Yes
But heres the strange thing: Down on Wall Street they dont believe it for a minute. While the finance industry does genuinely hate Warren, the big bankers love Clinton, and by and large they badly want her to be president. Many of the rich and powerful in the financial industryamong them, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman, Tom Nides, a powerful vice chairman at Morgan Stanley, and the heads of JPMorganChase and Bank of Americaconsider Clinton a pragmatic problem-solver not prone to populist rhetoric. To them, shes someone who gets the idea that we all benefit if Wall Street and American business thrive. What about her forays into fiery rhetoric? They dismiss it quickly as political maneuvers. None of them think she really means her populism.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/why-wall-street-loves-hillary-112782
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)3. She certainly has a nice catch funnel so trickle down works for her
For most of the rest of us not so much.
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/
Being poor means dreading getting a Christmas present from the Firemans Charity, because youll end up on TV and everybody at school will find out.