Poverty

Most of the 37 million poor Americans are working, but still aren't making enough money to afford what they need. Obama and Biden plan to invent a program that will directely engage a disadvantaged youth to provide them with practical skills. They will improve transportation by making sure additional federal public transportation money is given to communities with the highest need of it. Obama and Biden will work to ensure that ex-offenders have thge oppurtunity to work and attend counseling. They will increase income tax credit for working parents, parents using child support, and families with three or more children. They also plan to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011. This way, families earning minimum wage will be able to pay for basic needs like food, transportation, and hosing. They will provide low and middle income works with tax relief and will eliminate taxes for seniors making under $50,000 a year. Obama will strengthen families by promoting responsible fatherhood with teh Responsible Faterhood and Healthy Families Act he will pass, supporting parents with young children by expanding the nurse-family partnership to first time mothers each year, and insuring that all workers have seven paid sick days per year. Obama andn Biden will invent 20 promised neighborhoods in areas with high levels of poverty, crime, and bad education. The Promise Neighborhoods will provide early childhood education, youth violence, prevention efforts, and afterschool activities. They will improve more rural areas by improving their schools and businesses and attreacting more doctors to create a better healthcare system.