Tommy
07-26-2006, 02:10 PM
its a drop in the bucket but its about time someone spoke out for the middle class
Mrs. Clinton mapped out a program of relatively small-scale initiatives she said would help middle-class voters regain the financial stability they had lost during the Bush presidency and help the poor in moving up the economic ladder. Among her proposals: a $3,000 college tax credit; “baby bonds” that would deliver a $500 savings bond to every child at birth and age 10;
an expansion of the home mortgage tax deduction to low-income people who do not itemize their tax returns; and “American dream accounts” requiring companies with five or more employees to provide traditional retirement benefits or the option for workers to save through 401(k) accounts.
Mrs. Clinton also called for a freeze on raises in Congress and at the White House “until the incomes of average Americans start to rise again.” She did not, however, go as far down the populist path as other possible presidential candidates, in particular Senator John Edwards (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/john_edwards/index.html?inline=nyt-per), who is focused almost exclusively on poverty as he campaigns in early primary voting states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/nyregion/25hillary.html
Mrs. Clinton mapped out a program of relatively small-scale initiatives she said would help middle-class voters regain the financial stability they had lost during the Bush presidency and help the poor in moving up the economic ladder. Among her proposals: a $3,000 college tax credit; “baby bonds” that would deliver a $500 savings bond to every child at birth and age 10;
an expansion of the home mortgage tax deduction to low-income people who do not itemize their tax returns; and “American dream accounts” requiring companies with five or more employees to provide traditional retirement benefits or the option for workers to save through 401(k) accounts.
Mrs. Clinton also called for a freeze on raises in Congress and at the White House “until the incomes of average Americans start to rise again.” She did not, however, go as far down the populist path as other possible presidential candidates, in particular Senator John Edwards (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/john_edwards/index.html?inline=nyt-per), who is focused almost exclusively on poverty as he campaigns in early primary voting states.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/nyregion/25hillary.html