by Presented without comment, though I will note that sustained 4 percent growth is fairly unprecedented and I will not be adding my name. Signature Request - Statement by Economists Concerned by Hillary Clinton’s Economic Agenda Dear Fellow Economist, We are asking you to join us and other economists by signing a “Statement by Economists Concerned by Hillary Clinton’s Economic Agenda.” More than 200 economists have already signed the statement, including: Eugene Fama, University of ChicagoRichard Burkhauser, Cornell UniversityCharles Calomiris, Columbia UniversityWendy Gramm, Mercatus Center, retiredScott Harrington, University of PennsylvaniaJune O'Neill, Former Director of the Congressional Budget OfficeStephen Parente, University of MinnesotaDouglas Patterson, Virginia TechAnthony
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Presented without comment, though I will note that sustained 4 percent growth is fairly unprecedented and I will not be adding my name.
We are asking you to join us and other economists by signing a “Statement by Economists Concerned by Hillary Clinton’s Economic Agenda.” More than 200 economists have already signed the statement, including:
Eugene Fama, University of Chicago
Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University
Charles Calomiris, Columbia University
Wendy Gramm, Mercatus Center, retired
Scott Harrington, University of Pennsylvania
June O'Neill, Former Director of the Congressional Budget Office
Stephen Parente, University of Minnesota
Douglas Patterson, Virginia Tech
Anthony Sanders, George Mason University
John Seater, North Carolina State University
Thomas Stoker, MIT
Richard Sweeney, Georgetown University
Robert Tamura, Clemson University
Richard Vedder, Ohio University
If you are an economist and would like to join us by signing this statement, please reply to this e-mail with the message: “I will sign the statement. My title is ___________. My affiliation is _________.” Your title (e.g., Professor of Economics) and affiliation are for identification purposes only.
Regards,
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Larry Kudlow
Arthur Laffer
David Malpass
James Miller III
Steve Moore
Statement by Economists Concerned by Hillary Clinton’s Economic Agenda
The outcome of this year’s presidential election will influence the U.S. economy for years to come. Should Hillary Clinton win that election, her outdated policy prescriptions won’t return our economy to the faster growth rates it once enjoyed. And without more economic growth, her agenda won’t result in more jobs or a higher national standard of living. Hillary Clinton’s economic agenda is wrong for America.
The U.S. economy is underperforming. Misguided federal policies have produced one of the slowest recoveries on record. Since early 2009, the economy has grown at an average annual rate of 2 percent. It could and should be growing 3 to 4 percent.
Hillary Clinton promises to repeat almost all of Obama’s policy mistakes. She wants yet another massive debt-financed public works program; she wants to raise tax rates on investment and incomes to nearly 50 percent; she wants to raise the federal minimum wage to at least $12 an hour and supports state and local efforts to hike theirs; she wants to stall America’s development of fossil fuels; she wants to continue the Obama administration’s regulatory assault on business and entrepreneurship; and she wants to double down on ObamaCare.
What America needs, and what Americans deserve, is an agenda of economic freedom: limited but effective government, policies that rely on and strengthen markets, pro-growth tax reform, sensible federal spending restraint, regulatory relief, sound money, and freedom to trade. These things are necessary if we are to revive American prosperity.
For these reasons and more, the undersigned urge everyone concerned about threats to American prosperity to reject Hillary Clinton’s ill-advised economic agenda.