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April 24, 2008

John McCain Proposes Antipoverty Efforts

Following in the footsteps of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Sen. John McCain is touring southern states to draw attention to American poverty.

While not declaring a “war on poverty” as Mr. Johnson did in the 1960s, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate proposed providing tax incentives to telecommunications companies to spur Internet service in small towns and supporting job-training programs at community colleges, reports The New York Times.

“There must be no forgotten places in America, whether they have been ignored for long years by the sins of indifference and injustice, or have been left behind as the world grew smaller and more economically interdependent,” he said in a speech in Alabama.

Mr. McCain did not propose any specific programs to support charities, but he did highlight several nonprofit efforts on his tour.

In Gee’s Bend, Ala., he visited a nonprofit community center and praised its quilting club, whose work has been displayed in museums nationwide and on U.S. Postal stamps. And in Inez, Ky., the McCain campaign praised the work of a mentor program run by the chairman of the Republican National Committee.

To learn more about Mr. McCain’s policies towards charities, read The Chronicle’s profiles of the presidential candidates.

— Ian Wilhelm

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