Daily Dose of Clark

Wesley Clark has a very long name for today's element of the Turnaround Plan. Wes Clark's Plan To Lift Americans Out Of Poverty And Into Opportunity. What a mouthful. The plan itself isn't nearly as long ;)

1. Create Opportunity
   • $100 billion over two years to jumpstart job creation by investing in local infrastructure and security and providing job creation tax credits.
   • Keep local government fiscally stable with the $40 billion State and Local Tax Rebate Fun.
2. Make Work Pay
   • Increase the minimum wage in steps to $7 per hour by 2007.
   • Expand the Earned Income Tax Credit
   • Fight for Equal Pay for Women
   • Welfare Reform that Works. Provide opportunities for vocational education, occupational therapy, child care, transportation vouchers.
3. Strengthen Families and Communities
   • Guarantee that every child has health insurance through age 22 through a progressive tax credit. The assistance could be used for Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, employer coverage or the new Congressional Health Plan option.
   • Reduce health insurance premiums for low-income adults by fully funding state-based programs and providing a tax credit.
   • Provide universal preschool to all four year olds and certain three year olds. Improve preschool standards and expand Head Start to serve one million children.
   • Increase affordable housing by expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, fully funding the HOPE VI program, and fully fund Section 8 vouchers.
   • Expand the New Markets Tax Credit to increase investment in low-income communities.

Clark will be on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight. Check your local listings.

The Clark Community Network got a write-up by the AP.

In other campaign news, the Bushies are ready for Dean.

One Republican who speaks regularly to White House officials said there was serious thought about pursuing the earliest and most aggressive of the plans under consideration: putting Mr. Bush into full campaign mode soon after he delivers the State of the Union address in late January. In that way, the Republican said, Mr. Bush could get a quick start on defining Dr. Dean as too far to the left for the country before the former Vermont governor can wrap up the primaries and begin trying to move himself toward the political center.

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