Sunday, January 20, 2008
What if Hillary gave an interview on her plans for the economy?
It would probably be printed in the New York Times and you would probably be able to read it here.
Mrs. Clinton’s approach to the economy would have three main components. She would roll back the Bush tax cuts for households with incomes over $250,000 while creating more tax breaks below that threshold; impose closer scrutiny on financial markets, including the investments being made by foreign governments in the United States; and raise spending on job-creating projects like the development of alternative energy.A nicely detailed exposition of her positions, the kind of reporting we should be getting in an electio year.
“We’ve done it in previous generations,” she said, alluding to large-scale public projects like the interstate highway system and the space program. “We can create millions of good new jobs. But we’ve got to have a plan, and we’ve got to make investments.”
Using blunt and at times populist language in the interview, Mrs. Clinton, Democrat of New York, tried to steer a course between the often business-friendly themes embraced by her husband and the straight populism that John Edwards, the former senator from North Carolina, has used in his presidential campaign this year.
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