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Presidential positions: Where do the candidates stand on the issues?

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ecent polls* indicate the economy, immigra on and healthcare are top issues on the list of concerns for Americans. Because of the recent events regarding the Veteran’s Administra on (VA), long wait mes, concerns with quality of care, candidate’s posi ons on the VA are included also. Due to space limita ons, the issues, recorded from each candidates website are IN PART ONLY. Please go to the candidates website for a more inclusive review. Candidates are listed alphabe cally by party affilia on.

Issue: Economy/Jobs Hillary Clinton‐Democrat (D) A plan to raise American incomes: Hillary will: · Give working families a raise, and tax relief that helps them manage rising costs. · Create good‐paying jobs and get pay rising by inves ng in infrastructure, clean energy, and scien fic and medical research to strengthen our economy and growth. · Close corporate tax loopholes and make the most fortunate pay their fair share. Hillary believes the defining economic challenge of our me is raising incomes for hardworking Americans. Sanders‐ Democrat (D) 1.Demanding that the wealthy and large corpora ons pay their fair share in taxes. 2. Increasing the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2020. In the year 2015, no one who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty. 3. Pu ng at least 13 million Americans to work by inves ng $1 trillion over five years towards rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges, railways, airports, public transit systems, ports, dams, wastewater plants, and other infrastructure needs. 4. Reversing trade policies like NAFTA, CAFTA, and PNTR with

China that have driven down wages and caused the loss of millions of jobs. If corporate America wants us to buy their products they need to manufacture those products in this country, not in China or other low‐wage countries. Gary Johnson‐Libertarian (L) Government’s role is to create and maintain a regulatory and tax environment in which private job‐creators can prosper. Gary Johnson did that as Governor, and would do so as President. Government regula on should only exist to protect ci zens from bad actors and the harm they might do to health, safety and property. Regula on should not be *gallup.com

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