Hillary strikes first: Trump’s economic agenda a ‘recession’ recipe

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Hours before Donald Trump unveils his economic package of tax cuts and aid for families, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton’s opposition research team is emptying its file on the Republican in a bid to portray his plans as dangerous for the economy.

“A Trump presidency would cause damage to the U.S. economy and working families,” headlines a long memo from the Clinton camp and sent out Monday morning. “Trump’s policies would throw us back into recession,” he adds.

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