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konane — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 15:02:55 GMT

Thanks JAP. Yes and hopefully this will help lift out own citizens up so they can succeed. I was always taught to take care of your own first then if there is some left over help others [immigrants in mind here].

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JAP69 — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:39:48 GMT

Through out history the other side of the tracks have been left to toil & scrape on their own. <br />The other side of the tracks is like entering a dirt poor country in other parts of the world.

Original Blog Entry: President Donald J. Trump Is Lifting Up American Communities that Have Been Left Behind

konane — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 14:24:53 GMT

President Donald J. Trump Is Lifting Up American Communities that Have Been Left Behind

Our tax bill also creates new opportunity zones rewarding those who invest in distressed communities and create more jobs for those who have, too often, simply been left behind.

President Donald J. Trump

CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL: President Donald J. Trump is encouraging investment to create opportunity in distressed communities.

President Trump is signing an Executive Order establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. The Council will be chaired by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson, and comprised of 13 Federal agencies.

The Council will engage with all levels of government on ways to better use taxpayer dollars to revitalize low-income communities. The Council will improve revitalization efforts by streamlining, coordinating, and targeting existing Federal programs to economically distressed areas, including Opportunity Zones. Lack of coordination and targeting has led to cumbersome applications, program waste, and ineffective benefits.

The Council will consider legislative proposals and undertake regulatory reform to remove barriers to revitalization efforts. The Council will present the President with a number of reports identifying and recommending ways to encourage investment in economically distressed communities.

ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT: Opportunity Zones will spur private investment to revitalize hurting communities and unleash their economic potential. ...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-lifting-american-communities-left-behind/

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