President Trump and the economic challenges of inner city neighborhoods
President elect Trump spoke several times about the economic woes of inner city neighborhoods and their residents. I went to his website but found no specific planks about this issue. Last March he spoke about this topic, mentioned Detroit and seemed to strongly endorse an expansion of Urban Empowerment Zones. That is, he seemed to favor giving large tax cuts to firms that would locate in low-income areas. Does he have more such policies? Is there any evidence that the Federal Empowerment Zone in Detroit and the several dozen state enterprise zones have increased employment and raised incomes of Detroit residents?
Louis Farrakhan message to President Barack Obama
Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan message to President Barack Obama at the Men’s Day program hosted at Union Temple Baptist Church in Washington, DC, September 18, 2016
“But I just want to tell you, Mr. President, you’re from Chicago, and so am I. I go out in the streets with the people. I visited the worst neighborhoods. I talked to the gangs. And while I was out there talking to them, they said ‘You know, Farrakhan, the president ain’t never come. Could you get him to come and look after us?’ There’s your legacy, Mr. President. It’s in the streets with your suffering people, Mr. President. And If you can’t go and see about them, then don’t worry about your legacy ’cause the white people that you served so well, they’ll preserve your legacy. The hell they will. But you didn’t earn your legacy with us. We put you there. You fought for the rights of homosexuals. You fought for the rights of this people and that people. You fight for Israel. Your own black people are suffering and dying in the streets! That’s where your legacy is. Now you failed to do what should have been done.”