The Maroon. (Atlanta, GA) 1996-????, November 04, 1996, Image 15
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Monday, November 4,1996
EDUCATION
Proposes a scholarship that resembles Georgia's Hope
Scholarship. This proposed scholarship would guaran
tee students two years of post- secondary education plus
their high school education.
Plans to increase the minimum Pell Grant Scholarship Pro
gram to $2700 by 1997.
Proposes a dramatic expansion of the Work Study Pro
gram from the current 700,000 students to 1,000,000 stu
dents over the next five years.
ECONOMY
Proposes to balance the budget in a way that protects our
values without undermining Medicare, Medicaid, educa
tion, and the environment. This balanced budget would
have targeted tax cuts that are fully paid for, which in
cludes his $500 per child tax, credit.
Proposes to consolidate the funds of over 70 overlapping
federal job training programs into a single $2600, allow
ing each unemployed and underemployed worker the op
portunity to choose the training programs that are right
for them.
ENVIRONMENT
Plans to issue a "Pollution Disclosure" Executive Order
requiring industries to disclose information on their toxic
waste sites.
Plans to change EPA rules to reduce paperwork for busi
nesses by 15 million hours and allowing the businesses to
write their own rules if they can do it cleaner and cheaper.
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