Election Project Roles/Issues Worksheet

Name:

Gisselle Arteaga

Candidate Name:

Donald Trump

Campaign Role:

Economy

Issue: Jobs

What does your candidates website say?

1. Reforming taxes, trade, energy,
2. Create 25 million new jobs over the next decade
3. Boost growth to 3.5 percent per year on average, with the potential to reach a 4 percent
growth rate.
4. Trump campaign's economist estimates that the plan would conservatively boost
growth to 3.5 percent per year on average
Link:

1. https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/fact-sheet-donald-j.-trumpspro-growth-economic-policy-will-create-25-milli
2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-15/trump-lays-outeconomic-vision-for-a-record-decade-of-job-growth

Quotes:

1. Donald Trump has proposed sweeping reforms in tax, trade, energy and
regulatory policies.
2. With the faster growth from the Trump Plan, the economy will create 25
million new jobs over the next decade.
3. He has also repeatedly vowed to crack down on immigration, which would
further shrink the pool of available workers.
4. Trump said his proposals will break down the barriers to growth and expand
the economy by 3.5 percent per year.
5. Growth averaged at least three and a half percent per year in the 55 years
between World War II and the year 2000.
6. Over the last seven years, 14 million more people have left the labor force.
7. The lowest labor force participation rate since the 1970s.

Notes: (seperate research quotes ) (http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickyvalet/2016/09/25/hillary-clintonvs-donald-trump-where-the-candidates-stand-on-employment-and-jobs/#36d6310a3fab)

Negotiating fair trade deals that will lead to make jobs.
Narrowing America's trade deficit and increasing domestic production
Reducing taxes on businesses so products can be sold more easily around the world
Replacing bureaucrats who only know how to kill jobs with jobs creations experts
Reviewing regulations and repealing the obama administration's executive actions that
inhibit hiring
vowed to crack down on immigration, which would further shrink the pool of
available workers.
25 million new jobs in a decade, which would be more than three times as many as
created since 2006. The most jobs ever created over such a period where the 24.4 million
added in the 10 years ending in March 2001, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Summary (This should be like an opening statement in the debate!)

Jobs are one of the many things that make up our country, to start off I propose in negotiating fair trade
deals that will lead us to make more jobs. As well as reforming tax, trade energy, and the faster the
growth is with the Trump Plan it will create 25 million jobs in next decade. Spreading the economy by
3.5 percent per year. In reaching this target I will need to more than double immigration.

What does an outside source say that SUPPORTS your candidates position?
1. The growth in the United States economy
2. Creating attention to The United States and demanding the deportation of 11 million
undocumented immigrants.
3. Having a plan for the economy rather than not wanted to solve these problem as
president
Link:

Quotes:

1. https://www.thestreet.com/story/13335121/1/if-donald-trump-waspresident-here-s-what-would-happen-to-the-u-s-economy.html
1. Heres what he gets right. Growth in the United States (and the entire
advanced world) has been well below its post-World War II norms since the turn of
the century. From 1947 to 2000, the United States economy expanded at an average
of 3.6 percent a year. Since then it has been 1.8 percent.
2. Trump has certainly been this election cycle's most riveting figure. He
initially focused his attention on immigration reform, calling for a wall to be built
between Mexico and the United States and demanding the deportation of 11 million
undocumented immigrants.

3. But this time around, he appeared more open to the idea of his being in
charge of finding remedies. "I can fix it. I can fix it pretty quickly," he said. And
most recently, he maligned the Federal Reserve for creating what he says is a "false
economy."
Notes:
4. From 1947 to 2000, the United States economy expanded at an average of 3.6 percent
a year. Since then it has been 1.8 percent.

Summary: has increased, my plan would be to fix it. Yes Trump before didnt want to deal with
the Economy problem but as he saw how he can fix this with the plans he has proposed he
said I can fix it. I can fix it pretty quickly. Trump has his number right about the economy,
From 1947 -2000, United States the economy expanded on average 3.6 percent a year.

What does an outside source say that OPPOSES your candidates position?
1. Trumps plan will kill nearly 10 million jobs
2. The country wont meet these goals when really looking at the math
3. He is including numbers of people who aren't in the labor force

Link:

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/27/trumpeconomic-plan-is-the-best-and-everybody-should-love-it-trump-adviser-says/
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/upshot/the-arithmetic-in-donaldtrumps-jobs-plan-doesnt-really-work.htm

Quotes:

1. About 3.5 million Americans would lose their jobs, unemployment would
jump back to 7%, home prices would fall, and the stock market would plummet,
Moody's predicts.
2. The problem is that when you dive into the math around jobs and G.D.P., it
becomes clear how unlikely the country is to meet Mr. Trumps goals. And thats
true even if you believe his agenda would be good for the economy.
3. But the problem with that number (it actually is 94 million, if hes referring
to the Bureau of Labor Statistics number for adults not in the labor force) is that it
includes a lot of people who arent working for good reason: Theyre high school
and college students; stay-at-home parents; people who are disabled; retirees.

Notes:

Summary: Jim Tankersley stated But the problem with that number is that it includes a lot of people
who arent working for good reason: Theyre high school and college students; stay-at-home parents;
people who are disabled; retirees. The number clearly see that this Trump plan will kill 10 million
jobs. This plan also includes americans jumping back down to 7% home prices would fall and stock
markets plummeting as Moody predicts.