Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 12:28:59 -0400 From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
Nathan Newman wrote:
>>A number of Congressional Black Caucus
>>defections were based on a whole new round of tax breaks and other
>>subsidies for inner city areas agreed to by Clinton and the GOP
>>leadership, so they rangled a price for agreement.
>Rangel'd you mean?
>C'mon, you're not buying the Kemp approach, are you? Tax breaks for
>the likes of the Disney Store on 125th St in Harlem? Might be good
>for Rangel's buddies in the Harlem establishment, but as for your
>average resident of Lennox Ave, I'm very skeptical.
>Doug
Were these provisions included in the PNTR bill? If not, then how will the CBC get what they were promised? The GOP is certainly willing and eager to screw them over, and Clinton has never been described as 'loyal'.
Barry