When Greed Passes For Public Good
February 01, 2019
Bryce Covert, Donald Trump's plan to rebuild infrastructure, enterprise zones, Flint Michigan's water system, gentrification, Joint Committee on Taxation, Opportunity Costs, private sector and corporate taxes, tax incentives to private developers2 Comments
A news report in a local paper reawakened some bad memories. The story was about enterprise zones, programs meant to breathe life into depressed areas. The project under review included portions of a tony area in the heart of the city. Developers were going the make a fortune and
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October 28, 2016
Caming Apart, economic segregation, gentrification, Martin Luther King, Rebecca Solnit, urban renewal, white flight
The crime of segregation is that it keeps us from knowing one another. Non-profits, educational institutions, churches, governments and the courts have fought this consequence for years. When white America fled to the suburbs in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, they took their tax dollars wi
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January 18, 2016
Dispossed in the Land of Dreams, gentrification, homelessness, homelessness in Silicon Valley, Monica Potts
I mentioned in a recent blog that a study in Denmark revealed people active on Facebook were less happy than those who weren’t. (Blog 12/7/2015) I confess some of the messages on social media leave me in despair. Mothers, fathers, children die and beloved pets, too. Divorce
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