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Re: Initial Economic Questions for Republicans

Great list. We're building on it. On Apr 24, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Joel Benenson <jbenenson@bsgco.com> wrote: Of course I meant Paul Ryan. It’s just so confusing with 19 of them. It’s like a football team that has its offense and defense on the field at the same time. * On economic issues, I know Jake and his team will come up with a good list, but there are already two proposals on the table that I think we should try to get all GOPers to weigh in on: --Rubio's tax plan that includes dropping the top rate for those making over $400k from 39.6 to 35. --Rand Paul's 17% flat tax. Also, it would be great to get: --Dodd/Frank -- repeal? CFPB repeal? --repeal of carried interest tax break --repeal of oil company tax breaks We already have the Senators' votes on Elizabeth Warren's student loan refinancing bills. We might get the other candidates too. We might also get reaction to paid leave. thx *Mandy Grunwald* *Grunwald Communications* *202 973-9400* ----- Thanks. We do have some ideas on this, will discus in am. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:33 PM, David Binder < David@db-research.com> wrote: One thing I think we need to push, that was effective in our groups, is to remind people of the wonderful things that the Clinton Foundation has done around the globe. In the midst of all this incoming stuff, can we remind the world what has been accomplished? In addition to confronting the accusations, do we also have an opportunity to insert the message below that was an effective response in our vulnerability research: Hillary Clinton’s opponents are trying to start a controversy where none exists. The Clinton Foundation is a totally non-political charity whose work saves and improves lives at home and around the world. Because of charitable contributions to the Foundation and its programs, 8 million people have benefited from lifesaving HIV/AIDS medications, 6,000 American schools are providing kids with healthy food choices in an effort to fight childhood obesity; 28,000 African farmers have improved their crops; and 248 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions are being reduced in cities worldwide. The Clinton Global Initiative brings together people from business, labor, government, and the non-profit world to solve problems without politics or gridlock. Republican opponents want to confuse voters about the Clinton Foundation and its donors because all this good work is proof that what Hillary cares about most is helping hard-working people and families build better lives. * For our eight am call tomorrow Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: * *Stories for tomorrow:* - Washington Post - Ros, Hamburger - Giustra profile - New York Times, weekender - Tony Rodham - ABC Brian Ross- Giustra, Canadian - Ruth Marcus- no quid pro quo, but this is a problem for the Clintons, typical, they blur lines all the time - WSJ- Cheryl holding up FOIAs for political reasons (next week) - Bloomberg- tbd story, has Giustra on the record (tbd time) - Bloomberg- Laureate - NY Daily News- did we tell the NY Times whether or not HRC was briefed *Story Lines: * 1. Nervous Dems 2. Playing by their own rules, fatigue 3. WJC isolated/wealth, foundation as a continuing drag on the campaign