Hillary Clinton unveils ‘economic revitalization plan’ during Denmark town hall (Clinton Group)

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20160212/PC1603/160219764/

Maya T Prahbu
Feb 12 2016

"...Bamberg and the town of Denmark provide a clear backdrop representing the economically depressed, agricultural and rural economic tract in the state. The county is 61 percent black, according to U.S. Census numbers from 2012, while a separate Purdue Center for Regional Development study estimates 29 percent of its residents live in poverty. That number was up from 21 percent in 2000.

Clinton’s plan, which targets communities such as Bamberg County, includes $50 billion to create new jobs and $20 billion for programs designed to put young unemployed people back to work.

She described the effort as based on a similar initiative proposed by U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., which takes 10 percent of the money that would be spent on infrastructure and allots it to the 20 percent of communities that have lived with continued poverty rates for more than 30 years.

The plan is the first part of Clinton’s larger “Breaking Every Barrier Agenda,” which her campaign focuses on closing the education achievement gap, dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline and fighting for environmental justice, among other provisions..."

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