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| Champ's latest pledge: Establishing ‘Promise Zones’ to attack poverty |
| 2014-01-08 |
| [Wash Times] President Champ will announce the first “Promise Zones” across the country Thursday to improve economic opportunity by partnering distressed local communities and businesses, a White House official said Wednesday. More Hope and Change. The official said Champ will designate San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Southeastern Kentucky, and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma as the first five zones. The announcement will take place in the East Room and include representatives of each of the five zones, which will be eligible for federal tax breaks. How do you say free blankets, horses, and tobak in Choctaw ? “Investing in and rebuilding hard-hit communities are important parts of the president’s plan to restore the basic bargain at the heart of the American story – that every child should have a fair chance at success,” the official said. We're doing it for the children. Champ, whose policies have had little success in alleviating poverty, first announced the initiative in last year’s State of the Union address but hasn’t designated the communities until now. The president envisions creating the zones in up to 20 communities nationwide. And "little success" will be realized here as well. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Fool, you are right. Sorry! Won't insult slum lords like that again. Moderators. Slap me. |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-08 23:27 |
| #2 Giving Obama's and ValJar's record with the Chicago housing projects - that is an insult to slumlords everywhere. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-01-08 21:40 |
| #1 Hey Bro! The slum lords renaming the projects to promise zones! |
| Posted by: Omavising Ebbemp9815 2014-01-08 21:22 |