2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTHE SEVEN PILLARS Of Hillary Clinton's first term.
ECONOMY
$500 billion for public works, half to be funded by private investors through an infrastructure bank.
Raise federal minimum wage to $12.
Change rules for capital-gains taxes to reward long-term investing, not short-term gains.
Appoint officials who will aggressively enforce labor and consumer regulations.
WORK AND FAMILY
Up to 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a baby or relative, or to recover from illness.
Tax credits and subsidies to ensure no family spends more than 10 percent of income on childcare.
Matching funds for states that create preschool programs.
Seed money for states to invest in programs that raise salaries for childcare providers.
EDUCATION
A federal-state program that would allow anybody to study at a four-year public college debt-free.
Free community college.
Debt relief for entrepreneurs and people who pursue public service.
A three-month student-loan repayment moratorium for federal borrowersvia executive actionso debtors can explore options for relief.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Cut mandatory sentence periods in half for nonviolent drug offenses.
Change the definition of offenses that require mandatory sentences so they apply to fewer cases.
Help every police department to purchase body cameras, via matching funds.
$10 billion over 10 years for addiction treatment and recovery.
HEALTH CARE
Fix Obamacares family glitch, which makes coverage on the exchanges prohibitively expensive for some low-income families.
More financial assistance for people with private insurance who face high premiums or out-of-pocket costs.
Demand drug companies give Medicare the same discounts that they give Medicaid.
Allow imports of high-cost drugs (or their generic equivalents) from countries where they are cheaper.
FINANCIAL REFORM
Increase capital requirements for the largest banks and place new rules on the activities of shadow banks that engage in the riskiest behavior.
Plug loopholes in the Volcker Rule to limit high-risk activity by big banks.
Apply a risk fee to the largest financial institutions.
Impose a tax on certain transactions to discourage high-speed traders.
IMMIGRATION
Comprehensive reform that would allow undocumented immigrants to work legally if they pay taxes and pass a background check. Includes beefed-up border security and a path to citizenship.
Close all private detention facilities
Relief from deportation for more groupslike parents of DREAMersthrough executive action if necessary.
Better legal representation for children in deportation proceedings
Allow women and children seeking asylum to stay with relatives.
http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/hillary-clinton-policy-agenda/
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UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Starbuck2239
(29 posts)Good specifics about Clinton's first-year agenda, but why aren't the Dems running an ad that highlights a few of these ideas?
Honestly, who in the heck are the Dems' PR/adv "experts" and what are they doing for their pay?
Stargleamer
(1,989 posts)She won't be able to accomplish a damn thing, except thru Executive Orders, as Republican Obstrutionism will continue unabated . Plus there will be constant impeachment hearings as they attempt to make her as unpopular as possible in their attempt to inflict Rubio, Kasich or Cruz on us in 2020 (probably Rubio) if we can get to 50 senate seats, we can at least get someone decent on the Supreme Court.
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yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)She did?