Economy

**2008 Election Issue- Economy **
not just the wealthiest. Pledged to create a new mortgege tax credit and $10billion in aid to struggling home workers. Voted to strenghen programs for working families like medicare. Supported extending unimployment insurance and giving rebates to families, seniors, and veterans. Raise the minimum wage to help workers better pay for the rising cost of living. Create new laws to protect people who take out loans to own their home. Work to keep local buisnesses sucsessful in small towns across America. Wants to provide $50 billion to jump start the economy and prevent 1 Million Americans from Losing Their Jobs Voted to raise the minimum wage. Voted to support overtime equal pay prevailing , family, and medical leave. Voted against privatizing federal jobs will invest in renewable energy and America's infastructure to create new jobs. Wants a tax break for small businesses Obama will crack down on fraudulent and predatory mortgage lenders and help struggling homeowners stay in their homes. Obama will reform financial regulations to ensure that the financial industry cannotsimply make risky bets and then turn to the goverment when it can't pay the bills ||  || Keep tax rates low for everyone. Cut back on wasteful goverment spending. Teach and train Americans so they don't lose their jobs to foreign workers. Believes we should send a strong message to world markets. John McCain will look to bring greater affordability and competition to our drug markets through safe re-importation of drugs and faster introduction of generic drugs. Calling for National Commission on Workplace Flexibilty and Choice. This Commission would bring together a bio-partisan set of leaders representing workers, small and large employers, labor, and acedemics . The Commission would make recommendations to the President on how modernizing our nation's labor laws and training programs can help workers better balance the demands of their job with family life and enable workers more easily transition between jobs. Will premote the rapid deployment of the 21st centery info system and technology to improve patient saftey, inhance quality and lower cost. Will commit two billion dollars annully to advancing clean coal Will support the market for alternative, low carbin fuils such as wind, hydro, and solar power. Will commit our contry to expanding demestic oil and natural gas explortation. Thinks we must understand the roll speculation is playing in our soaring energy prices. ||
 * Obama's Ideas, Proposals and Initiatives ||  || McCain's Ideas, Proposals and Initiatives ||
 * Made a tax plan to reward working families,

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 * Info from NEA news letter