News FeedJohn Edwards
- Health Care
- Proposed a plan that would provide universal health care by mak-ing insurance more affordable, creating regional markets to in-crease choices, and requiring employers to cover their employees or help cover them.
- Poverty
- Proposed a plan that would end poverty by 2036 by taking actions including increasing minimum wage, creating housing vouchers for low-income families, and creating a College for Everyone program.
- War in Iraq
- Proposes to withdraw 40,000 to 50,000 troops immediately and remove all combat troops in less than a year.
- Environment
- Supports legislation that reduces greenhouse gas pollution.
- Wants to create a climate treaty with other nations to reduce pol-lution.
- Education
- Supports preschool programs such as Great Promise programs.
- Wants to create a national teachers’ university.
- Supports reforming the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Senior Citizens
- Supports reforming Social Security, but not privatizing it.
- Supports making the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act stronger.
- Veterans
- Promises to pay for veterans’ health care.
- Wants to provide a “Homefront Redeployment Plan” to help the transition for veterans coming home from war.
Sources and further issues: http://johnedwards.com/issues/
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