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Champ's latest pledge: Establishing Promise Zones to attack poverty
[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 presidents 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 years State of the Union address but hasnt 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 2014-01-08 |
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