Hillary's economic plan advocates redistributing wealth to middle and lower income workers.
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She will argue that the world has changed with globalization, and that these changes must be addressed. And she will criticize Wall Street in particular.
Her plan has been put together in consultation with noted liberal economists such as Alan Blinder. (More on him below.)
So whoever represents our party in the General against the Republicans, there should be a very clear difference in the solutions being presented. No one on the Democratic side will suggest that we can fix the economy by making workers work longer hours!
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-clinton-economy-20150711-story.html
After months of running on broad themes backed by little in the way of actual policy proposals, Hillary Rodham Clinton will announce Monday what aides call a far-reaching plan to restructure the economy to move more of the nation’s wealth to middle- and low-wage earners. In what the campaign bills as a landmark speech at the New School in New York City, Clinton will offer a vision for growth that is notably different than the one her husband, Bill Clinton, pursued when he was in the White House, and that pivots away from some of the policies of President Obama.
The agenda, written with input from some of the country’s most liberal economists, reflects not just Clinton’s effort to appeal to a Democratic Party that has drifted leftward, but her disenchantment with the centrist economic policies she once favored.
It seeks to address what has become one of the key concerns of voters this election season, which is the failure of the economy to raise middle-class incomes. The problem has consumed policy advisors for both Republicans and Democrats, and strategies for solving it are emerging from many campaigns.
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Clinton will frame the election as taking place in the dawn of a new and troubling economic era, which bears little resemblance to the era Bill Clinton ushered in before the Internet revolution and globalization took hold. She will note how her challenge differs from that of Obama, whose actions were largely aimed at fixing the immediate financial crisis he inherited.
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http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/09/69790/index.htm
Among economists who are also political liberals, Alan S. Blinder is one of the brightest and most appealing. A professor at Princeton, Blinder happens to be a great writer. . . .Blinder lays out the principles of economics cleanly, crisply, even wittily. His title reflects the view that economic policy should combine clear thinking and compassion for the poor. In judging economic policy proposals, he advocates two tests: Will the policy increase efficiency (thus raising living standards), and will it redistribute income down the ladder rather than up.
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Go Hill
are willing to spend. Who cares if they win, as long as we stand on our principles?
My. God.
But brilliant.
Perhaps it's best if you put me on ignore.
Pffffffffffffffft.
Total non-starter. 
New material, get some.
Reagan. non-starter.
It's interesting to correlate political leanings with ability to catch a joke...
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Looking forward to Monday!
Sounds awesome!
...and Recommended. Plus I picked up a couple more names to add to my PCM List. That would be Pissin'
, Moaning
,and Crying
or what most call ignore. After all, its just angry blubbering like a baby who has lost their pacifier. Not my kid, so why listen to it.
