Post by DeEtte on Sept 10, 2008 9:52:30 GMT -5
Find out how the presidential candidates plan to support our nation's kids.
Barack Obama (D)
Supports:
Requiring all children to have healthcare coverage up until age 25
Substantially increasing funding for the main federal support for after-school programs, in order to serve a million more children
Making college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit
Re-introducing the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act encourage more men to take responsibility for their children and to address the challenges faced by millions of American families as a result of the national epidemic of absentee fathers
John McCain (R)
Supports:
Doubling the child deduction from $3,500 to $7,000 for every dependent, in every family in America
Working to ensure children have quality teachers (through new teacher incentive programs) and providing children struggling to meet state standards with immediate access to high-quality tutoring programs
Requiring all schools and libraries receiving federal subsidies for Internet connectivity to utilize technology to restrict access to sexually explicit material by children using such computers
Prohibiting discrimination against families with adopted children, providing adoption education, and permitting tax deductions for qualified adoption expenses, as well as removing barriers to interracial and inter-ethnic adoptions.
**I'm thinking we combine them both!!**
www.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/ewc/Issue-of-the-Month
Barack Obama (D)
Supports:
Requiring all children to have healthcare coverage up until age 25
Substantially increasing funding for the main federal support for after-school programs, in order to serve a million more children
Making college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit
Re-introducing the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act encourage more men to take responsibility for their children and to address the challenges faced by millions of American families as a result of the national epidemic of absentee fathers
John McCain (R)
Supports:
Doubling the child deduction from $3,500 to $7,000 for every dependent, in every family in America
Working to ensure children have quality teachers (through new teacher incentive programs) and providing children struggling to meet state standards with immediate access to high-quality tutoring programs
Requiring all schools and libraries receiving federal subsidies for Internet connectivity to utilize technology to restrict access to sexually explicit material by children using such computers
Prohibiting discrimination against families with adopted children, providing adoption education, and permitting tax deductions for qualified adoption expenses, as well as removing barriers to interracial and inter-ethnic adoptions.
**I'm thinking we combine them both!!**
www.mylifetime.com/community/my-lifetime-commitment/ewc/Issue-of-the-Month