Clinton to make case for ‘progressive’ economic reforms in North Carolina speech

[BootinUp]

By John Wagner June 22 at 7:23 AM
Washington Post

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Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton delivers an economic speech Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

RALEIGH, N.C. — A day after seeking to portray Donald Trump as unfit to manage the nation’s economy, Hillary Clinton plans to use a second speech to pledge to make the largest investment in U.S. jobs since World War II and remind voters of her prescriptions to bolster the middle class.

The presumptive Democratic nominee’s afternoon address in Raleigh, aides say, will focus on largely familiar proposals, including measures to make college debt-free, increase profit-sharing, expand access to child care, and ensure that large corporations and the “super rich” pay their “fair share” of taxes.

The summation of Clinton’s agenda, rolled out throughout the Democratic primaries, is intended to provide a contrast to what aides dismiss as “mere slogans” from Trump, who is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, and to reinforce the notion that Clinton is offering progressive solutions as she seeks to court some skeptical supporters of her Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Clinton, a former senator from New York who has been criticized by Sanders and others for her ties to Wall Street, also plans to touch on her plans to push for “stronger measures to ensure that Wall Street never threatens Main Street again,” an aide said.

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[Armstead]

1. How about vigorous enforcement of anti-trust laws?

It would be helpful if we rediscover the quaint notion of anti-trust and anti-monopoly laws, to prevent the continuing meshing of every sector of the economy into One Big Corporation through massive mergers and acquisitions.

[BootinUp]

2. She has proposals to tip scales back toward small business.

I don't know off hand if she has talked anti-trust laws, but I expect her administration would hew closely to Obama's in that area.

[Armstead]

4. If you read about how industries are continuing to consolidate, it's frightening

Even the wonderful Internet economy is becoming the fiefdom of a handful of giants.

Not even Bernie addressed that as head on as it should be addressed.

Ultimately, it is one of the core economic issues we have to face.

[WhiteTara]

5. This is where Congress comes in. They propose

the laws. Bernie can be very effective in the Senate with such a bill if we can pull together a Democratic Senate in 2017.

[Armstead]

6. It needs a combined effort on all fronts.

The executive branch has a lot to do with whether and how existing laws, or administrative actions, will be pursued.

[WhiteTara]

7. Yep, that's why we need

a Democratic Congress. They can all push together.

[Android3.14]

3. There's progressive, and then there's progressive

$15/hour
Ending debtor's prison
Public funded college tuition
$.01/trade stock fee
Taxing the feces out of the rich

I'm not holding my breath.

[Southerncomfy]

8. She is so far and ahead of that idiot it's not even funny..... literally kicking a***

[WinkyDink]

9. She just clearly and explicitly SAID "NO" to the TPP! THAT got my vote, not that she didn't have it!

[Southerncomfy]

10. Her and Bernie's breadth of knowledge is really breathtaking.... Trump is so woefully unprepared