President Obama champions families, education, workers
Among the initiatives President Obama addressed were:
Ensuring two years of college becomes as “free and universal in America as high school is today”
Reducing the monthly payments of Americans burdened with student loans
Simplifying taxes for the more than 25 million families and students that claim education tax benefits, and providing students working toward a college degree up to $2,500 of assistance each year for five years
Extending the reach of the Internet “to every classroom and every community”
Making quality childcare more available and providing a new tax cut of up to $3,000 per child
Providing every worker the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave (currently, 43 million workers have no paid sick leave)
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