About Hillary

74 years old

Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

The eldest of three children, Hillary grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois. As a teenager, she became interested in politics and was involved with Republican groups. Hillary became a Democrat only a few years later. At the beginning of her political career, Hillary was a member of the presidential impeachment inquiry staff and worked on former president Jimmy Carter's election campaign. She went on to lead a successful career as a lawyer before becoming First Lady when her husband Bill was elected president in 1992. In 2007, she made her own run at the presidency but failed to win the Democratic nomination. Now in 2016, she'll make a second attempt at becoming the first female President of the United States.

If elected, Hillary Clinton would work to create an economic system designed to raise the incomes of lower and middle class families.^[1]

Hillary breaks down her three-pronged economic plan as "strong growth" to increase jobs in the short term, "long-term growth" to increase training and education to create a strong job force for the future, and "fair growth" which would work to spread growth evenly across income groups.^[1]

Hillary's plan for American Foreign Policy includes insuring that Iran is never allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, defeating ISIS, standing up to Putin, and encouraging China to be a responsible stakeholder on cyberspace, human rights, territorial disputes, and climate change.^[2]

If elected, Hillary Clinton would seek comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship.^[3]

Hillary would work to defend President Obama's DACA and DAPA executive actions.^[3]

If elected, Hillary Clinton would keep the tax rate for top earners on capital gains at 39.6% for the first two years before transitioning to a staggered rate over six years. Hillary would cut taxes in the middle class, extend a tax cut to students, and impose a tax on high-frequency trading to limit its impact on Wall Street.^[4]

Clinton's student tax cut would award up to $2,500 per student to help deal with college costs.^[4]

Hillary Clinton has two primary energy and environment goals: The installation of more than 500 million solar panels across the country by the end of her first term and the generation of enough clean and renewable energy to power every home in America within ten years of taking office.^[5]

If elected, Clinton would work to reform Wall Street. She would also extend the statute of limitations to make sure financial frauds are punished, and hold executives and corporations accountable when they break the law.^[6]

Clinton's Wall Street reforms would involve a six-part plan highlighted by imposing a risk fee on the largest financial institutions, closing the Volcker rule hedge fund, and imposing a tax on high frequency trading.^[6]