Subject: Re:
From: Brian Fallon <[email-masked]>
To: Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>
Cc: Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Sara Latham <[email-masked]>, Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 11:35:51 -0500

Here is draft Q&A.

*Was Hillary Clinton criticizing President Obama's payroll tax from the
stimulus as ineffective?*

Hillary Clinton thinks President Obama doesn't get the credit he deserves
for lifting our economy out of the ditch. The American Relief and Recovery
Act, which included a payroll tax cut for workers, helped prevent the
country from slipping into another Great Depression. But that payroll tax
relief was always intended to be temporary. Hillary Clinton intends to go
further by delivering permanent tax relief for middle class families to
help them boost their take-home pay and deal with rising costs.

*Do Hillary Clinton's comments about her own tax plans mean that she won't
be proposing a broad-based middle-class tax cut?*

Hillary Clinton believes middle-class workers need a raise, not a tax
increase. In fact, she believes middle-class families deserve a tax cut to
increase their take-home pay and deal with rising costs. That is why she
announced last month that she will be proposing a series of proposals to
deliver targeted tax relief to the middle class. Already, she has laid out
plans to cut taxes for families paying for college, or dealing with
out-of-pocket health costs, or taking care of a loved one. In the weeks to
come, she will put forward additional proposals to provide tax relief for
the middle class, and they will be paid for by ensuring that the wealthiest
Americans pay their fair share.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]
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> Yes – in this case we didn’t do any prep for economic policy q’s, in part
> because we didn’t expect the interview to go 55 mins!
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> *From:* Kristina Schake [mailto:[email-masked]]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 1, 2015 10:13 AM
> *To:* John Podesta <[email-masked]>; Brian Fallon <
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> *Cc:* John Podesta <[email-masked]>; Jennifer Palmieri <
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> Sara Latham <[email-masked]>; Dan Schwerin <
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> Copying in Brian too.  Just discussed in senior comms so we are prepared
> for when it airs tonight.  Brian will do talking points for us that could
> be used as a statement too if we need it.  For her prep we should give her
> guidance on a stronger, more positive answer on her middle class tax cuts.
> Charlie even tried to help her on that answer.
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> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 9:46 AM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
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> In a generally sloppy part of the interview when he turned to taxes, I
> think she raised three questions: 1) a kind of weird denial that
> she's cutting middle class taxes, 2) strumming around in the payroll tax
> and saying it's not that big a deal, and 3) opening the door to a
> repatriation holiday, although generally being against it. I think we need
> to be ready for all, but the payroll tax answer seems the most problematic
> if the spin is that the payroll tax isn't big deal to most people as
> opposed to a small cut in the payroll tax wouldn't be smart.
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> On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>
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> ​Full transcript.  ​
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