Your cheat sheet to the issues that could come up in the presidential debate
- 8 years ago
Your cheat sheet to the issues that could come up in the presidential debate Taxes: Donald Trump wants to cut income tax rates while capping deductions for the wealthy, reduce the business tax rate and eliminate the estate tax.
Hillary Clinton would raise taxes on the wealthy, limit the value of certain deductions and increase the estate tax and make more people pay it.
Jobs: Trump's plan includes the growth-power of tax cuts, reducing regulations, scrapping the Paris Climate Agreement, expanding childcare options, and cracking down on crime.
Clinton proposed $275 billion in infrastructure spending over five years, small-business tax cuts, investment in solar panels, and scientific research.
Wages: Last week, we learned median family income finally rose last year — by 5.2 percent, the first real increase since the Great Recession.
All races saw gains last year, with Hispanics seeing a 6.1 percent increase, whites 4.4 percent, and African Americans 4.1 percent.
Poverty: The poverty rate fell 1.2 percentage points, or 3.5 million people, to 13.5 percent in 2015.
Still, 43.1 million Americans were living in poverty.
In Obama's first year in office, the poverty rate was 14.3 percent.
It peaked at 15.1 percent in 2010.
Trade: In 2015, the U.S. had a trade deficit with the rest of the world of $746 billion.
Much of that deficit is with one country — China.
The trade deficit is on pace to shrink, slightly this year.
Military: Both Clinton and Trump want to lift the caps imposed on military spending by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Clinton wants to lift the corresponding caps on domestic spending, whereas Trump wants additional cuts in domestic spending to help offset the cost of his military buildup.
Immigration: The Border Patrol doubled in size since 9/11 to more than 21,000.
Trump has proposed adding about 5,000 more.
The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally was about 11.1 million, as of 2014.
That number has stabilized, per Pew, since the end of the Great Recession.
Hillary Clinton would raise taxes on the wealthy, limit the value of certain deductions and increase the estate tax and make more people pay it.
Jobs: Trump's plan includes the growth-power of tax cuts, reducing regulations, scrapping the Paris Climate Agreement, expanding childcare options, and cracking down on crime.
Clinton proposed $275 billion in infrastructure spending over five years, small-business tax cuts, investment in solar panels, and scientific research.
Wages: Last week, we learned median family income finally rose last year — by 5.2 percent, the first real increase since the Great Recession.
All races saw gains last year, with Hispanics seeing a 6.1 percent increase, whites 4.4 percent, and African Americans 4.1 percent.
Poverty: The poverty rate fell 1.2 percentage points, or 3.5 million people, to 13.5 percent in 2015.
Still, 43.1 million Americans were living in poverty.
In Obama's first year in office, the poverty rate was 14.3 percent.
It peaked at 15.1 percent in 2010.
Trade: In 2015, the U.S. had a trade deficit with the rest of the world of $746 billion.
Much of that deficit is with one country — China.
The trade deficit is on pace to shrink, slightly this year.
Military: Both Clinton and Trump want to lift the caps imposed on military spending by the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Clinton wants to lift the corresponding caps on domestic spending, whereas Trump wants additional cuts in domestic spending to help offset the cost of his military buildup.
Immigration: The Border Patrol doubled in size since 9/11 to more than 21,000.
Trump has proposed adding about 5,000 more.
The number of immigrants in the U.S. illegally was about 11.1 million, as of 2014.
That number has stabilized, per Pew, since the end of the Great Recession.