1. Providing affordable healthcare for every American - No One Left Out.
2. Raising the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour by 2011.
3. Keeping families in their homes during the current credit crisis by freezing interest rates for five years and suspending the ability for banks to easily foreclose on homes.
4. Investing $1 billion in affordable housing.
5. Proving new job training for 1.5 million at-risk youths
6. Creating 5 million new "green" jobs.
7. Ensuring that fathers pay the child support they owe.
8. Work to reduce homelessness.
9. Invest $10 billion in early education including a pre-K for all American children
10.Make college more affordable for Americans
Source: "Hillary for President." 3 Apr. 2008. www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/poverty.
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How does Hillary's plan compare to that of Obama? What other legislation is there that addresses the issue of poverty in America?
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