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Source.. with video at:bigleaguepolitics.com...
President Donald Trump has fulfilled another populist promise by creating new Opportunity Zones in urban and rural areas, where developers will receive tax cuts and incentives to build up some of our most run-down neighborhoods.
President Trump credited Senator Tim Scott for his cooperation in Congress, and BET head Bob Johnson also spoke at the White House event with Dr. Ben Carson and pastor Darrell Scott where the president announced the executive order. There are now 9,000 neighborhoods designated as Opportunity Zones.
NBC News — apparently mad that Trump is helping poor people — ran a hit piece saying the Trump Organization might enjoy some of the tax breaks. Populist Republican Jack Kemp, deceased, wanted to create so-called “economic freedom zones” for many years, and Rand Paul has also pushed the idea.
Trump railed against “geographic disparity” in our country’s economic opportunities in his signing ceremony at the White House.
“With opportunity zones, we are drawing investment into neglected and under-served communities in America,” President Trump said, announcing that this program will lead to $100 billion in new investments in the zones.
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Sounds like a slick time to be having a land value property buyup scheme going in a ghetto place.
Kushner's family already owned real estate on the Jersey Shore, but spent an extra $13.15 million in Long Branch after the area was deemed an opportunity zone by the Treasury Department in April according to Bloomberg News. The Trump Organization was already planning a hotel redevelopment in Greenville, Mississippi, with a partner, but that project is in an area that was declared an opportunity zone in April and could now be eligible for the tax break.....
...Kushner also has existing properties in two Maryland opportunity zones, while the Trump Organization owns a New Jersey golf course inside another. Kushner's family company and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment
aka gentrification.
originally posted by: 727Sky
I saw his speech on youtube about the E.O. If I remember correctly Ben Carson will be heading up the program. Trump really has tried to keep his campaign promises from what I have seen
You have to wonder (or at least I do) what is going to happen when the democrap cartel goes after Trump and they go for the impeachment of a sitting president ? Will America sleep through the ordeal or will there be a yellow jacket (without the jackets) uprising start in the states ?
“It’s really hard for Democratic leaders to say that Donald Trump will likely have to do jail time or that he’s running a criminal conspiracy on one hand and then not talk about impeachment on the other,” said Kevin Mack, the group’s chief strategist.
Mack said several Democrats have “created a problem for themselves” by “hiding behind the Mueller report” and waiting for a final document to be released.
Raskin disagreed, saying that priorities like addressing climate change, gun violence and infrastructure should be at the top of the Democratic agenda.
Citing what they said was a rushed Republican effort to impeach President Bill Clinton, lawmakers aligned with Pelosi’s team argue that Democrat-led committees should first initiate investigations of Trump and the White House, over questions including whether Russians used laundered money for transactions with the Trump Organization. As those inquiries unfold, the Democrats can focus on policy goals like improving infrastructure and lowering health care costs.
“We are definitely not going to use the laxened political standards Republicans used to impeach Bill Clinton,” said Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland, a Judiciary Committee Democrat. “We’ll see what happens. The dynamics of events are placing very heavy pressure on the Republican Party. Do they really want to be left holding the bag when the entirety of Trump’s wrongdoing is fully exposed?”
In time, the vast majority of Americans will come to appreciate how blessed we are to have elected such a talented and caring President. Very few U.S. Presidents have worked as hard as Donald Trump, to fulfill the promises he's made to all U.S. citizens of this great nation.
originally posted by: odzeandennz
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Sounds like a slick time to be having a land value property buyup scheme going in a ghetto place.
aka gentrification.
if trump wanted to rebuild communities, hed involve communities, not big Corp who bid the highest to rebuild as they see fit.
can't legally evict them, make it legal to evict them...
Kushner's family already owned real estate on the Jersey Shore, but spent an extra $13.15 million in Long Branch after the area was deemed an opportunity zone by the Treasury Department in April according to Bloomberg News. The Trump Organization was already planning a hotel redevelopment in Greenville, Mississippi, with a partner, but that project is in an area that was declared an opportunity zone in April and could now be eligible for the tax break.....
...Kushner also has existing properties in two Maryland opportunity zones, while the Trump Organization owns a New Jersey golf course inside another. Kushner's family company and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: carewemust
Creating opportunities for the poor eh, and when these communities are all spruced up where will the locals be moved on to?
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Sounds like a slick time to be having a land value property buyup scheme going in a ghetto place.
originally posted by: 3n19m470
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Sounds like a slick time to be having a land value property buyup scheme going in a ghetto place.
I knew it had to be a scheme somehow. After all, Trump did it, people are gonna profit, profits are evil, therefore Trump is evil.
He shouldve just signed an executive order to give that land to the poor for free. Bastard has no idea how real economics work. Stimulating growth is no way to manage an economy! Why let the rich developers turn these areas into bloominv prosperous communities, just becuase they have all the tractors? Just give the land to some poor kid with a shovel, they can do just as good of a job! Or just take away that rich mans tractors and give them to the poor kid! Why cant Trump just...DO THAT?
Why cant he just do ANYTHING ELSE besides what he did? Because no matter what he does it wont be good enough so he should just sit there and do nothing. Let those communities continue to rot. How dare he actually "do something"? Something means profits. Profits bad!!
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
a reply to: carewemust
Creating opportunities for the poor eh, and when these communities are all spruced up where will the locals be moved on to?
So opportunities should not be available to them? They should stay in their run down ghetto? The goal should be they move up in the world, right?
originally posted by: 3n19m470
originally posted by: odzeandennz
originally posted by: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Sounds like a slick time to be having a land value property buyup scheme going in a ghetto place.
aka gentrification.
if trump wanted to rebuild communities, hed involve communities, not big Corp who bid the highest to rebuild as they see fit.
can't legally evict them, make it legal to evict them...
Kushner's family already owned real estate on the Jersey Shore, but spent an extra $13.15 million in Long Branch after the area was deemed an opportunity zone by the Treasury Department in April according to Bloomberg News. The Trump Organization was already planning a hotel redevelopment in Greenville, Mississippi, with a partner, but that project is in an area that was declared an opportunity zone in April and could now be eligible for the tax break.....
...Kushner also has existing properties in two Maryland opportunity zones, while the Trump Organization owns a New Jersey golf course inside another. Kushner's family company and the Trump Organization did not respond to requests for comment
You would complain no matter what he did. Pray tell, how would he have done this to better "involve communities" genius boy?