Author: Chris Rugaber
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How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans
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For America’s wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election – or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins. For everyone else? Right now, neither candidate is proposing major tax changes. Tax policy is one of the issues on which the two nominees…
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Household income surged last year, first time since 2007
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Americans finally got a raise last year after eight years of stagnating incomes. The typical U.S. household’s income rose 5.2 percent in 2015 to $56,516, the Census Bureau said Tuesday. Even with the solid gain, that remains below the median household income of $57,423 in 2007 when the Great Recession began. The median is the…
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Hiring was healthy in past year in Colorado, other swing states
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Hiring has been strong in the past year in many presidential campaign swing states, a possible hurdle for GOP candidate Donald Trump, who has sought to capitalize on economic distress. Employers have added jobs in the past 12 months at a faster pace than the national average in Colorado, Florida, Michigan and North Carolina, the Labor…
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How the Trump and Clinton tax plans would affect Americans
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For America’s wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Hillary Clinton wins the election – or a big tax cut if Donald Trump wins. For everyone else? Right now, neither candidate is proposing major tax changes. Tax policy is probably where the two nominees differ the most. On…
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Fact Check: Trump on the economy
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures A look at some of his claims and how they compare with the facts: TRUMP: “She said she wanted to raise taxes on the middle class.” THE FACTS: If Clinton said that – and it’s debatable – it’s clear she didn’t mean…
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Solid US hiring in July added 255,000 jobs and lifted pay
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U.S. employers added a healthy 255,000 jobs in July, a sign of confidence in the economy that will likely ease concerns about signs of weak growth in the midst of the presidential race. The unemployment rate remained a low 4.9 percent, the government said Friday in its monthly jobs report. Many more Americans began looking…
