Clinton outlines economic plan in Iowa [View All]

Source: USA Today

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, outlining her "economic blueprint" in a critical state for the Democratic presidential nomination, criticized the NAFTA trade agreement for "serious shortcomings" and called for a rescue plan for the mortgage crisis.

Speaking to a largely union audience of about 250 people, Clinton said she believes that it is "time that we assess trade agreements every five years to make sure they're meeting their goals and make adjustments if they're not …. "

Her "economic blueprint" includes setting up a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund for research and development of alternative energies, strengthening unions, offering affordable health care, addressing the mortgage crisis and "returning to fiscal responsibility and moving towards balanced budgets."

"We have to change our economic course just as we have to change course in Iraq, and change course when it comes to health care," she said.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2007-10-08-clinton-economy_N.htm

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Can anyone tell me what the plan is? Is it only about alternative energy for Big Oil and bailing out foreclosures?

Honestly, I would love to find some reason to vote for her, but the media doesn't report the actual plan. Is there a plan? What is it? What's outlined here isn't a plan.

Ultimately, I doubt I can vote for her if she doesn't change her stance on the war. She says she wants to "change course in Iraq". Staying until 2013 isn't changing course. Is there something else I've missed?

And you can just hold your comments about "not being enough of a Democrat to be on DU" because I won't vote for her. I'm not voting for a repuke either. It will likely be none of the above if she is the nominee. There is NOTHING in DU's rules that says I "must vote for the Dem nominee". I'd like answers to my questions. If you want to accuse me of not being Dem enough, there are plenty of other threads to hit where people don't like her.