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1.taxes
Trump:
Keep and extend 2017 tax cuts.
Tax legislation in 2017 reduced marginal tax rates across the board, including reducing the top personal income tax rate from 39.6% to 37%.
Increased the standard deduction from $6350 to $12,000 (currently $12,400)
Limited deduction of state and local taxes to $10,000
Reduced top marginal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%
Biden: Raise certain tax rates
Increase top personal marginal tax rate back to 39.6%, but leave other marginal tax rates unchanged
Apply Social Security taxes to earnings over $400,000 (currently earnings above $137,700 are not taxed). Current SS tax rate is 6.2%.
Tax capital gains as ordinary income for households earning over $1 million (currently the top marginal tax rate on capital gains is 20%)
Raise top marginal corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%
2.Infrastructure
Trump
Wants a $2 trillion infrastructure package
Establish a national high-speed wireless internet network
Wants to win the 5G race
Expand Opportunity Zones tax breaks
Opportunity Zones were part of the 2017 tax bill
States may designate up to 25% of low-income census tracts as Opportunity Zones
Capital gain taxes are deferred for investments reinvested into investments in these zones, and capital gains taxes are waived if the investment is held for at least 10 years
For financing, cited low borrowing rates
Biden
Proposes 10-year, $1.3 trillion infrastructure package
Includes $400 billion for clean energy research and innovation; $100 billion to modernize schools; $50 billion to repair roads, bridges, and highways; and $20 billion for rural broadband infrastructure
3.Minimum wage
Trump: would consider raising the minimum wage, but thinks minimum wage should differ across states
Biden: raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
4.Health care
Trump
Proposes cuts in health care spending, especially Medicare and Medicaid
Wants to protect Social Security and Medicare
Wants to lower health care insurance premiums, end surprise billing, and bring down drug prices
Biden
Public health care option, which people could buy into. Would make health insurance more affordable for people who could not afford private health insurance premiums or who had pre-existing conditions. Public option would be free to low income individuals and families.
Limit cost of health care coverage to 8.5% of income
Paid sick leave
12 weeks of paid family leave for new parents
5.Trade
Trump
Penalize countries that the U.S. has a high trade deficit with and countries that are unfairly taxing American companies overseas
No federal contracts for companies that outsource jobs to other countries
Tax credits for companies the bring jobs back to the U.S., focusing specifically on pharmaceutical and robotics companies
Tax credits to businesses making American products
Enact fair trade deals that protect American jobs
Biden
Invest at home in innovation to make American companies more competitive
Form coalitions with allies and partner to confront other nations on intellectual and property and technology transfers
6.Environment
Trump
Supports fossil fuels industry
Biden
Wants to achieve 100% clean energy with net-zero emissions by 2050
Transition away from fossil fuels
Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
Make climate change part of foreign policy and trade negotiations
Tax incentives/credits for renewable energy
7.Education
Trump
Eliminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness and subsidized loans programs
Income-driven repayment program would cap monthly payments at 12.5% of income
Forgives undergraduate student loans after 15 years instead of 20 years
Biden
Cancel a minimum of $10,000 in student debt per person
Forgive all undergraduate, tuition-related federal student debt for low-income and middle class individuals (earning up to $125,000) who have attended public colleges and universities and private HBCU’s
From those information:
Discuss your reaction to the economic proposals of the two candidates in one of the presidential debates or the vice-presidential debate. In particular, write about what each candidate proposes in terms of economic policy, discuss the pros and cons of each candidate’s proposed economic policies, state which proposals you believe are better (or argue that something in between would be optimal), and explain your reason for your policy recommendations. Your write-up should be between 400-750 words.
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