Trump boasted at #Debates2020 that his Opportunity Zone tax breaks helped Black Americans. We've reported numerous instances where they benefited wealthy Whites. In FL, wealthy GOP donors successfully lobbied for a break for a superyacht marina: propublica.org/article/supery…
But wait. There's more.
Like Cleveland Cavaliers owner & Quicken founder Dan Gilbert, whose company donated $750K to Trump's inaugural fund, scored opportunity zone status for wealthy parts of Detroit where he owns billions in property #Debates2020 propublica.org/article/how-a-…
Like Cleveland Cavaliers owner & Quicken founder Dan Gilbert, whose company donated $750K to Trump's inaugural fund, scored opportunity zone status for wealthy parts of Detroit where he owns billions in property #Debates2020 propublica.org/article/how-a-…
Meanwhile, in Baltimore, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank got a huge tax break — at the expense of the city's poorer neighborhoods — for a plot of land under a highway but near a development project he owns #Debates2020 propublica.org/article/trump-…
Let's not forget Jim Justice, the billionaire Republican governor of West Virginia, who gets to decide where opportunity zones go in his state and who awarded himself one for his own resort. #Debates2020 propublica.org/article/west-v…
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