Jobs- Ava B.

     Marco Rubio intends to have more jobs created for our citizens to improve our economy by enhancing the value of higher education to teach our population skills that machines cannot simply do. Rubio believes that "our devices will grow more powerful, bringing new capabilities to the masses." In his opinion, if our country invests in innovating the American higher education system, we can take advantage of the various technological advancements our world has produced and use them to make our jobs more productive, but not allow machines and technology to completely outsource humans' jobs as they have in the past. By having workers with better skills than before utilizing new technologies, we invest in big businesses that support millionaires and billionaires, but at the same time create a "vibrant middle class... through the modernization of our higher education system" (www.marcorubio.com). Although I tend to agree with more Democratic views, I feel that this economic plan seems reasonable and will lift up a struggling middle class. I do think that even aside from creating jobs enhancing higher education is a plus but if it helps our country, even better. The problem I find with Rubio's plan, however, is that it's main points don't really deal with improving the status of the poor, it only focuses on the middle class.

Jobs-Chris Ortiz

Hillary Clinton has a well-thought of view on jobs in America. She believes that there should be no salary increase for Congress until the minimum wage is increased. She also believes that the working poor should make a living salary and it should be tied to Congressional wages. In a vote, she elected that unemployment benefits should be extended from 39 weeks to 59 weeks. Clinton even said that she would accept an increased minimum wage as a president in July of 2007. She makes a stand for unions, argues fair wages for the hard-working citizens of the US, and argues that America can afford to raise the minimum wage. All in all, Clinton works for the people and makes a clear stand on her willingness to help the poor and middle-class.

http://www.ontheissues.org/Hillary_Clinton.htm

Jobs- Noah S.

          Marco Rubio is all about moving forward. Many of the points made on https://marcorubio.com/issues/21st-century-jobs-plan/ were brought back to the Industrial Revolution and how even while America was going through a terrible time, many jobs were gained not lost. Rubio believes that the future is all in technology and that children of today must be advanced in this fieldin order for jobs to be gained. "Only through an innovative economy can we translate new technologies into new middle class jobs, and only through a revolutionized higher education system can we equip all our people to fill those jobs." Rubio is looking into the future which is bad for a middle aged person today but good for the next generation.  Rubio also will cut taxes on corporations if they invest more into jobs and higher wages. "My tax plan will also allow immediate, 100% expensing for businesses. This means the more a company invests in creating jobs, the less they owe in taxes; and the more they pay their workers, the less they pay government." I believe his plan is good but has some flaws. We as a nation need to benefit now in job making. The role of the president and the government is to protect and help the people. If you are looking into the future, you aren't helping people today, you are helping future people, therefore not playing your role in government.

Marco Rubio's Tax Plan-Chelsea Filippi

                   Marco Rubio feels that the current tax codes taxes people unfairly by taxing people too much, and he thinks that this affects our welfare system in a negative way by trapping people who are not wealthy in poverty instead of making their lives easier. Rubio plans to enhance this situation by proposing a federal tax-reform that would remove issues with opportunity, change, and growth. Another part of his tax plan is that he wants to reform deductions, especially those that do not evenly  benefit the privileged few at others' expense. According to Rubio, in order to "simplify the structure and lower rates by consolidating the many existing income tax brackets into two simple brackets—15% and 35%." I agree with Marco Rubio's tax plan because I also agree that people are taxed unfairly and that there should be an alternate way to tax people who cannot afford to pay these taxes. I also think that minimizing the number of brackets would be an easier to organize taxes and it would be an easier way to tax less. This is Marco Rubio's Tax Plan and how he is planning to improve the tax plan throughout the country.


Bibliography

• Rubio, Marco and Mike Lee,  "A New American Century Demands Reforms that will help sSur Growth Where Today’s Tax Code Obstructs it", https://marcorubio.com/issues/tax-reform/, 22 ept 2014, 27 Oct 2015

Hillary Clinton's Tax Plan-Iman Abdul

                            Hillary Clinton plans on increasing middle-class incomes. She plans on raising short-term capital gains taxes for those earning $400,000 or more a year (which are the top 0.5% of taxpayers) and absolutely no tax increase on people earning under $250K (Apr 2008). She believes that investments held between one and two years would be taxed at the maximum income-tax rate of 39.6%. Clinton would also tax high-frequency traders if she wins the 2016 presidential election. 
Hillary will cut taxes for hard-working families to increase their take-home pay as they face rising costs from child care, health care, and sending their kids to college. She is calling for extending a tax cut of up to $2,500 per student to help deal with college costs as part of her New College Compact, and for cutting taxes for businesses that share profitswith their employees.

Taxes- Ava B.

     Senator Marco Rubio intends to create a tax plan that stops businesses and companies "investing in our economy" from being "unfairly penalized," while at the same time end unequal payments of couples with no children versus married couples with children (www.rubio.senate.gov). The goal of Rubio's tax changes are to lower taxes placed on big businesses that propel our country's economy and wealth that support the country's children and with the business incentive of getting tax credit allow for children to not have to choose between working or spending time with their children by receiving paid leave. To do so, this Republican Presidential candidate intends to merge the top corporate tax brackets into two: "a 15% income tax on those individuals making $75,000, and 35% for everyone else" (CNN.com)

Taxes-Noah S.

      Marco Rubio wants to "fix" a broken tax code. He breaks his plan up into two categories, Business taxes and Family taxes. For the individual and families he says "taxes are too high and complicated, we need to make America great for our citizens again. " According to http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/? this plan repeals double taxation and makes it easier on the middle class and not as easy as the upper class. For businesses, he believes that this country thrives on the flow of business production. The way to increase productivity is to increase government spending on corporations and lower their taxes. Based on this plan it seems like he is more of a democratic candidate. If this plan can follow through it seems like a good plan to me. This tax plan is more for the people.