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| WARREN, Mich. — In her first full-throttled rejection of Donald J. Trump’s economic agenda, Hillary Clinton sharply criticized her opponent for advancing policies that she said would lift the ultra wealthy and cast middle-class and working Americans further into financial distress. | WARREN, Mich. — In her first full-throttled rejection of Donald J. Trump’s economic agenda, Hillary Clinton sharply criticized her opponent for advancing policies that she said would lift the ultra wealthy and cast middle-class and working Americans further into financial distress. |
| Presenting a contrast between two starkly different economic visions during a major economic speech in Detroit, Mrs. Clinton called parts of Mr. Trump’s tax plan a discount to benefit his ultra-wealthy peers and relatives. Faulting Mr. Trump for promising deep tax cuts for the wealthy and a gentler approach to financial regulation, she portrayed his proposals as reflective of traditional Republican thinking that would exacerbate the gap between rich and poor. | Presenting a contrast between two starkly different economic visions during a major economic speech in Detroit, Mrs. Clinton called parts of Mr. Trump’s tax plan a discount to benefit his ultra-wealthy peers and relatives. Faulting Mr. Trump for promising deep tax cuts for the wealthy and a gentler approach to financial regulation, she portrayed his proposals as reflective of traditional Republican thinking that would exacerbate the gap between rich and poor. |
| “Donald Trump wants to give trillions in tax cuts to people like himself,” she said, citing his positions on eliminating the estate tax and reducing corporate taxes. | |
| “Even conservative experts say Trump’s agenda will pull our economy into recession,” she said, adding that he “made a career out of stiffing small businesses.” She also faulted Mr. Trump for making his products overseas, saying it’s “just wrong.” | “Even conservative experts say Trump’s agenda will pull our economy into recession,” she said, adding that he “made a career out of stiffing small businesses.” She also faulted Mr. Trump for making his products overseas, saying it’s “just wrong.” |
| For all of Mrs. Clinton’s efforts to tar Mr. Trump, he remains a difficult opponent to critique in traditional terms. Although some of his policies, which he presented in Detroit on Monday in his most expansive economic speech, align with those of Congressional Republicans, others, like his promise to rip up global trade agreements, break with Republican orthodoxy. | For all of Mrs. Clinton’s efforts to tar Mr. Trump, he remains a difficult opponent to critique in traditional terms. Although some of his policies, which he presented in Detroit on Monday in his most expansive economic speech, align with those of Congressional Republicans, others, like his promise to rip up global trade agreements, break with Republican orthodoxy. |
| Mrs. Clinton, meanwhile, has had to work to convince voters in Michigan and other Rust Belt states that she no longer supports trade deals, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, which her husband signed into law, and the Trans Pacific Partnership, which she supported as secretary of state. | Mrs. Clinton, meanwhile, has had to work to convince voters in Michigan and other Rust Belt states that she no longer supports trade deals, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, which her husband signed into law, and the Trans Pacific Partnership, which she supported as secretary of state. |
| Senator Bernie Sanders, who criticized Mrs. Clinton for her previous positions on Nafta and TPP, defeated her unexpectedly, and by a slim margin, in Michigan’s Democratic primary. | Senator Bernie Sanders, who criticized Mrs. Clinton for her previous positions on Nafta and TPP, defeated her unexpectedly, and by a slim margin, in Michigan’s Democratic primary. |
| Over the last few weeks, Mrs. Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, have been laser-focused on talking about her plans to create jobs and lift wages. And the efforts appear to be working. | Over the last few weeks, Mrs. Clinton and her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, have been laser-focused on talking about her plans to create jobs and lift wages. And the efforts appear to be working. |
| Until last week, Mr. Trump had led Mrs. Clinton in polls on the question of whom voters thought would best handle the economy. That changed last week when a CNN survey showed for the first time that Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump, 50 to 48 percent, on the issue of who voters trust most on handling the economy. | Until last week, Mr. Trump had led Mrs. Clinton in polls on the question of whom voters thought would best handle the economy. That changed last week when a CNN survey showed for the first time that Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump, 50 to 48 percent, on the issue of who voters trust most on handling the economy. |
| She has spent the past 18 months explaining her main economic proposals, including investing $275 billion on the biggest infrastructure plan since World War II, making public colleges and universities tuition free for in-state middle-class families, rewriting the corporate tax code to penalize companies that move jobs overseas and giving tax incentives to companies that share profits with employees. | |
| But now that Mr. Trump has presented his proposals, she can more specifically rebuke his plans, aides said. On Tuesday in Florida, she took aim at his proposal to end what Republicans call the “death tax” — the taxation of inheritances that exceed $5.5 million per person. | But now that Mr. Trump has presented his proposals, she can more specifically rebuke his plans, aides said. On Tuesday in Florida, she took aim at his proposal to end what Republicans call the “death tax” — the taxation of inheritances that exceed $5.5 million per person. |
| “My eyebrows went up when he said he wanted to abolish the death tax,” she said, “Which would be about a $4 billion gift to him and his family.” | “My eyebrows went up when he said he wanted to abolish the death tax,” she said, “Which would be about a $4 billion gift to him and his family.” |
| She has labeled Mr. Trump’s proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent the “Trump Loophole,” which the Clinton campaign described as “a backdoor tax” that lets Mr. Trump and businessmen like him to pay less than half the current tax rate on their income. | She has labeled Mr. Trump’s proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent the “Trump Loophole,” which the Clinton campaign described as “a backdoor tax” that lets Mr. Trump and businessmen like him to pay less than half the current tax rate on their income. |
| Before her remarks, Mrs. Clinton toured the Futuramic Tool and Engineering factory, where she reiterated her support for strengthening labor unions and manufacturing products in the United States. Lately, Mrs. Clinton has hammered Mr. Trump for making his Trump-branded products overseas. | Before her remarks, Mrs. Clinton toured the Futuramic Tool and Engineering factory, where she reiterated her support for strengthening labor unions and manufacturing products in the United States. Lately, Mrs. Clinton has hammered Mr. Trump for making his Trump-branded products overseas. |
| “This is one of the big differences that I have with Donald Trump,” she said while visiting a T-shirt shop in Des Moines on Wednesday, mentioning his Trump ties, suits and furniture. “He doesn’t make any of them in the United States.” | “This is one of the big differences that I have with Donald Trump,” she said while visiting a T-shirt shop in Des Moines on Wednesday, mentioning his Trump ties, suits and furniture. “He doesn’t make any of them in the United States.” |