“You will hear your keynote speaker outline a vision, a new economic vision to make America great again,” Pence said to applause. The specifications of the economic plan appeared to mimic proposals offered last fall by his campaign and later highlighted on his campaign’s website. He said it would mark the “biggest tax revolution since the Reagan tax reform”. The remarks were delivered inside a ballroom of Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, before 1,500 members and guests of the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, a business and professional organization that routinely serves as a stop for presidential candidates. In March, the group Citizens for Tax Justice said his plan would cost more than $12tn.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2016 17:41 UTC