Hillary Clinton has continually discussed not raising taxes on middle class a single penny. She states that she understands the hardships of middle class citizens and wants nothing but to help them. What she states as a concrete statement has been turned around by her actions of actually endorsing tax increases that immediately affect the middle class. According to an article by John Kartch, former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, actually “called out Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton’s endorsement of a soda tax…”stating that it “violates her pledge to the American people not to support any tax increase on Americans making less than $250,000 per year”. With her continually going back and forth on her word, it could began to affect how voters see her as untrustworthy. How are voters supposed to trust Clinton when she says one thing but does another?
Clinton could end up losing middle class voters as she continues to go back and forth on what she says and does about raising taxes on the middle class. Most American citizens want a president who can be trusted with their word and not go back on what they say. According to a NBC poll, only 11% of people view Clinton as “honest and trustworthy”. The effect of this and her actually endorsing certain taxes, could bring down her credibility as a presidential candidate. She has “endorsed several tax increases on middle income Americans despite her pledge not to raise taxes on Americans making less than $250,000”. Clinton also goes on to state that it is more of a “goal”, not anything concrete. It should be interesting to see what really happens if she is elected to be President in November.