Trump expanded on a plan he announced six weeks ago, when he called for slashing taxes, undoing onerous financial regulations and expanding the energy sector. Under Clinton, he said, the country would slide into “a future of slow growth, declining incomes and dwindling prosperity,” with increasing numbers of Americans dependent on government aid. “The only thing she can ever offer is a welfare check.”Trump’s own vision forecasts 3.5 percent annual economic growth over a decade but he expressed optimism for more. When Trump’s primary rival Jeb Bush pledged four percent growth, many economists described it as ambitious and even unrealistic for a sustained period. “It’s the same Donald Trump with generalization and no numbers,” economist Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under president Bill Clinton, told CNBC.

Source: Manila Times September 16, 2016 16:34 UTC