The American Jobs Act
“We have to ask ourselves, “What’s the best way to grow the economy and create jobs?”
Should we keep tax loopholes for oil companies? Or should we use that money to give small business owners a tax credit when they hire new workers? Because we can’t afford to do both. Should we keep tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires? Or should we put teachers back to work so our kids can graduate ready for college and good jobs? Right now, we can’t afford to do both.
This isn’t political grandstanding. This isn’t class warfare. This is simple math. These are real choices that we have to make. And I’m pretty sure I know what most Americans would choose. It’s not even close.” - Barack Obama
Photo Cred: Obey
Reach High, Bed-Stuy
Residents of Bainbridge Street between Malcolm X Boulevard and Stuyvesant Avenue no longer see a blue, boarded fence behind King Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church.
About 25 neighbors grabbed paintbrushes and pails Saturday afternoon and changed the face of the fence into a colorful mural. Neighborhood children teamed with adults and professional artists to create a hodgepodge of images on the once-boring fence.
Read the rest of the story and see more pictures, here: http://bed-stuy.patch.com/articles/from-boring-to-soaring-on-bainbridge-street.
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