Raise EITC & minimum wage to $7 & expand middle class
The dream of the middle class should belong to all Americans willing to work for it. We still have work to do as long as millions of Americans work full-time, fulfill their responsibilities, and continue to live in poverty.
We will offer these Americans a ladder to the middle class. That means raising the minimum wage to $7.00, increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit and extending child credits so that parents who work full-time don't have to raise their children in poverty
And it means continuing on the path of welfare reform. We must match parents' responsibility to work with the real opportunity to do so, by making sure parents can get the health care, child care, and transportation they need.
And we must expect increased responsibility from fathers as well as mothers by increasing child support enforcement and promoting responsible fatherhood together with religious and civic organizations.
Harness power of faith-based organizations PLUS govt
We have ended the era of big government; its time to end the era of old government. We need to create a government that is on-line all the time. We must decentralize government. Democrats believe it is time that government found ways to harness the power
of faith-based organizations. However, we believe that partnerships with faith-based organizations should augment - not replace - government programs, should respect First Amendment protections, and should never use taxpayer funds to proselytize.
Source: Democratic National Platform
Aug 15, 2000
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