Every four years America elects a new president. This person is responsible for the country and also represents the nation as a whole. Two candidates that are vying for this position, one is Donald Trump a Republican and Hillary Clinton a Democrat. They have their own ideas on how to fix, update, and advance our nation and since there ideas are different they do not agree. There are a range of topics that both candidates stand on but I will only focus on the Economy, Foreign policy, and past experience. These are some of the stances these candidates take and are the ones that mean the most to the voters.
Economy
After the 2008 housing crash and the subsequent recession, the nation has had slow economic growth. Recently, the jobs market has improved but wages are stagnant. Donald Trump wants to alter America’s tax code. In a five part plan he would first tax the rich at a higher rate including hedge funds who get taxed at a lower rate, and close loopholes in tax code. The second part of his plan would be to get rid of corporate inversion, or stop businesses from sending their money to other countries to be taxed at a lower rate. Part three would be to lower the debt ceiling. Part four to tax corporations at a lower tax rate, America has the highest corporate tax rate among industrialized nations. The last …show more content…
How does he plan to do this? According to his website, he wants to fix America and Chinas’ trade negations created under Bill Clinton. Trump will lower the corporate tax to keep businesses in America and make China open its borders to American manufacturing. He will also go after Mexico for their illegal actions in sending their criminals to America. Trump would have Mexico build a wall to divide to the US and Mexico. His policy in the Middle East would be to fight ISIS, and claim spoils of war and reparations from the Middle East in the form of oil wells protected by US