claim: says donald trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."
author: hillary clinton
evidence_1: sep 1, 2016 ... a proposal to shave the tax rate on business income would also help out hedge  funds and private equity shops. ... donald trump has come up with one. thanks  to some major loopholes in the existing tax code that treat real estate developers  as a special privileged class, it's entirely possible (even likely) ...
evidence_2: the "carried-interest tax loophole" allows managers of investment funds to treat  the bulk of their earnings as long-term capital gains instead of income. the  current tax rate ... second, he stood on the stage last week and when hillary said,  "you haven't been paying taxes," he said, "that makes me smart." so it's smart not  to ...
evidence_3: the tax treatment of so-called carried interest wouldn't change in the overhaul  proposed by house republicans, retaining a big benefit for private-equity and  hedge-fund titans. by alec macgillis. nov. 3, 8 a.m. edt. president donald trump , flanked by speaker of the house paul ryan, left, and rep. kevin brady, the  house ...
evidence_4: jul 8, 2016 ... ezra klein, the self-styled visionary, says his mission as editor-in-chief of vox is  simple: “explain the news. ... what's (capital-t, with a helpful green light) true, on  the other hand, is hillary clinton's claim that trump's “proposed tax treatment of  hedge-fund managers 'makes the current loophole even worse.
evidence_5: sep 12, 2017 ... hedge funds rarely, if ever, use the deduction, but for the private equity business,  the carried interest loophole saves the industry billions of dollars each year. ...  public policy groups say the tax treatment is unfair because it gives a massive tax  break to wealthy private investors while average taxpayers must ...