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"Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has..." — Jesse Jackson

Urban America has been redlined. Government has not offered tax incentives for investment, as it has in a dozen foreign markets. Banks have redlined it. Industries have moved out, they've redlined it. Clearly, to break up the redlining process, there must be incentives to green-line with hedges against risk.
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