WHY IT MATTERS: Taxes

WASHINGTON (AP) — THE ISSUE: Politicians love trying to use the tax code to highlight their goals to voters. This year, it’s a battlefield between Hillary Clinton, who wants to boost levies on the rich to pay for expanding social programs and Donald Trump, who says cutting taxes would gird the economy. The clash has consequences for the rich, poor and those in the middle.
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WHERE THEY STANDTrump: The Republican trotted out an initial plan but has pared it back twice so far. He&rsqu