Resolved Question: What do you think of Hillary’s Economics plan? Will this work? Is it enough? Too much? Better than Obamas?
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/middleclass/
http://hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4283
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She says she will:
1) Extend middle class tax cuts and child tax credit. (not sure how this differs from Bush tax cuts)
2) Invest in alternate energy
3) Strengthen unions, increase protections in foreign trade
4) Balance the budget
5) Double HUDS housing counseling budget; add $100 million to bail out house owners
6) Spend $1 billion in cold weather states for home conservation initiatives
7) Provide $1 billion in home heating assistance to seniors
Create $1 billion fund for states to help at-risk borrowers
9) Allow state housing agents to offer $2.5 billion more bonds per year
10) further legislation to punish scam artists; encourage Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to hold back on foreclosures
11) “aggressive action” for electric vehicles and more bi
1) “aggressive action” for electric vehicles and more biofuels
12) $50 billion energy fund, paid for by OIL COMPANIES to fund alternate energy research
13) $20 billion in green car bonds to encourage green cars
14) Double federal investment in energy research