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Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed Republicans for “35 years” of policies that have exacerbated income inequality by giving “more wealth to those at the top” through tax cuts and corporate loopholes.
“Twice now in the past 20 years a Democratic president has had to come in and clean up the mess,” Mrs. Clinton said in New York, as she called for tax relief for middle-class families, an increase in collective bargaining and other incentives to raise middle-class wages.
“I believe we have to build a growth and fairness economy — you can’t have one without the other,” she said.
In a speech intended to lay the groundwork for the economic message she will carry throughout her 2016 campaign, Mrs. Clinton singled out by name three of her potential Republican rivals: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
Mrs. Clinton alluded to comments Mr. Bush made last week about Americans needing to work longer hours.
“Let him tell that to the nurse who stands on her feet all day or the teacher who is in that classroom or the trucker who drives all night,” she said. “They don’t need a lecture, they need a raise.”
Mr. Bush later clarified that he was referring to the 6.5 million Americans “stuck in part-time work” who haven’t been able to find a full-time job. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Rubio’s economic plan a “sure budget-busting giveaway to the super wealthy” and said Mr. Walker had embraced “meanspirited, misguided attacks” on worker’s rights in clashing with unions in Wisconsin. Mr. Walker later responded with a statement saying, “Hillary Clinton thinks you grow the economy in Washington. I think the American people grow the economy in cities, towns, and villages across the U.S.”
And Republican officials warned that Mrs. Clinton’s approach will cost the taxpayer.
“It’s pretty clear: she will have to raise taxes on American families,” Allison Moore, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said of Mrs. Clinton’s proposals. “There’s no way around it.”
The singling out of Republican candidates was sprinkled into a wide-ranging and at times dense policy speech that presented the goal posts of the economic agenda Mrs. Clinton would advance in her administration.
Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday blamed Republicans for “35 years” of policies that have exacerbated income inequality by giving “more wealth to those at the top” through tax cuts and corporate loopholes.
“Twice now in the past 20 years a Democratic president has had to come in and clean up the mess,” Mrs. Clinton said in New York, as she called for tax relief for middle-class families, an increase in collective bargaining and other incentives to raise middle-class wages.
“I believe we have to build a growth and fairness economy — you can’t have one without the other,” she said.
In a speech intended to lay the groundwork for the economic message she will carry throughout her 2016 campaign, Mrs. Clinton singled out by name three of her potential Republican rivals: Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
Mrs. Clinton alluded to comments Mr. Bush made last week about Americans needing to work longer hours.
“Let him tell that to the nurse who stands on her feet all day or the teacher who is in that classroom or the trucker who drives all night,” she said. “They don’t need a lecture, they need a raise.”
Mr. Bush later clarified that he was referring to the 6.5 million Americans “stuck in part-time work” who haven’t been able to find a full-time job. A spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Rubio’s economic plan a “sure budget-busting giveaway to the super wealthy” and said Mr. Walker had embraced “meanspirited, misguided attacks” on worker’s rights in clashing with unions in Wisconsin. Mr. Walker later responded with a statement saying, “Hillary Clinton thinks you grow the economy in Washington. I think the American people grow the economy in cities, towns, and villages across the U.S.”
And Republican officials warned that Mrs. Clinton’s approach will cost the taxpayer.
“It’s pretty clear: she will have to raise taxes on American families,” Allison Moore, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said of Mrs. Clinton’s proposals. “There’s no way around it.”
The singling out of Republican candidates was sprinkled into a wide-ranging and at times dense policy speech that presented the goal posts of the economic agenda Mrs. Clinton would advance in her administration.
