Hillary Clinton on Welfare
Hillary Clinton has been working for 35 years to give a voice to the poor and disempowered in America.
As president, Hillary Clinton will combat poverty by working to reduce homelessness, particularly among america’s veterans. She will take immediate action to keep families in their homes, including a foreclosure moratorium and a 5-year interest rate freeze on subprime mortgages Clinton will invest $1 billion to create affordable housing trust funds across the country.
Hillary Clinton will raise the minimum wage to $9.50 by 2011 and aggressively expand the EITC. She will provide quality affordable healthcare to every American and help low-income Americans save and build wealth for their future.
Clinton will create at least 5 million new green collar jobs, which will make available openings for low-wage workforce. She will provide new job training opportunities for 1.5 million at-risk youth and help ex-offenders become productive members of their communities. She will support America’s unions by passing the Employee Free Choice Act.
Hillary Clinton will invest $10 billion in universal pre-k and early education and will make college affordable for everyone. She will enact a student borrowers bill of rights.
Clinton will ensure that fathers pay child support, and that the money paid goes to the children who need it.
Hillary Clinton will make a national commitment to rebuild New Orleans.
