Clinton and Trump lay out their economic visions
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Monday, Donald Trump detailed his plan for a failing economy. Today, Hillary Clinton outlined her proposals for an economy that's doing okay -- even though it needs some improvements. We compare their differences on a defining issue of the presidential campaign.
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| 0:38.7 | It's Clinton's turn to attack Trumponomics. |
| 0:44.8 | Hello again, I'm Lauren Alney, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:47.7 | On Monday, Donald Trump delivered his economic plan to the Detroit Economic Club, |
| 0:52.2 | promising a room full of suits that he'll cut taxes across the |
| 0:55.0 | board. Today, Hillary Clinton delivered her plan to blue-collar workers at a factory in a Detroit |
| 1:00.1 | suburb, calling Trump's plan the friends and family discount. She wants to cut taxes too, but |
| 1:06.0 | with increases for the upper-income Americans she claims have been getting richer while others are being left behind. |
| 1:12.7 | We'll hear about those and other differences on what's called the essential issue of every presidential campaign. |
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