U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton was one of the speakers yesterday at the DLC meeting in Denver. Here's a report from the Denver Post.
From the article, "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential presidential candidate in 2008, accused Republicans on Monday of "bankrupting" the country and ignoring the middle class. Major increases in the cost of gasoline, college and health care, New Yorker Clinton said, have outpaced incomes, leaving many people struggling to stay afloat. 'A lot of Americans can't work any harder, borrow any more or save any less,' Clinton said to the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, which was holding its annual meeting in Denver. 'The (Republicans) are not taking care of America. They're bankrupting our country and failing to address the problems.' Clinton's comments came as she unveiled the group's "American Dream Initiative," a package of economic proposals geared toward strengthening the middle class and assisting low-income families. Clearly the superstar of the event, the former first lady was greeted with a standing ovation from about 375 local and state Democratic officials from 42 states. Afterward, she was surrounded by at least 50 people who wanted a picture taken with her. Clinton has taken a central role with the DLC in the past year, following in the footsteps of her husband, Bill Clinton."
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News. From the article, "U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded like a candidate for president in Denver on Monday, telling a crowd of cheering Democrats that the middle class is falling behind and it's time for the party to rally voters behind a plan to save the American dream. 'Incomes have been stagnant for five years and the Republicans have done nothing about the costs eating away at paychecks,' Clinton told several hundred elected officials. 'Democrats can be the change agents our country needs.' Clinton unveiled proposals to enable more Americans to attend college, expand health insurance, and give every American a retirement savings account. She said education, health care and a secure retirement are the pillars of a middle- class lifestyle, and the middle class was struggling to hold on to all those things. 'The simple fact is, the middle class is the core of America's greatness,' said Clinton."
The 'American Dream Initiative' is an opportunity agenda for the middle class and all who aspire to join its ranks. Here are the pillars of the initiative's agenda: College - Every American should have the opportunity and responsibility to go to college and earn a degree, or to get the lifelong training they need; Retirement- Every worker should have the opportunity and responsibility to save for a secure retirement; Business - Every business should have the opportunity to grow and prosper in the strongest private economy on earth, with the responsibility to equip workers with the same tools of success as management; Home ownership - Every individual should have the opportunity and responsibility to start building wealth from day one, and the security and community that come from owning a home; Health care - Every family should have the opportunity to afford health insurance for their children, and the responsibility to obtain it."
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