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kungfugrip Donating Member (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:27 PM
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Wait...what's an "opportunity zone?"
n/a
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:27 PM
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1. like a free speech zone
barbed wire, etc.
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:33 PM
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7. And small. To small to fit your poor ass in it.
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kikiek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:28 PM
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2. It is about the same size as the free speech ones.
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The Traveler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:28 PM
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3. Kinda like a free speech zone?
A cage where you can learn new skills and work your ass off?

:shrug:
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Adams Wulff Donating Member (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:29 PM
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4. An Economic Enterprise Zone
Edited on Thu Sep-02-04 09:46 PM by Adams Wulff
An old Democratic idea, used in blighted urban areas offering tax breaks for investors to clean up the areas.

on edit... removed opportunity for enterprise
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HootieMcBoob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:46 PM
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9. It's the same thing as Clinton's empowerment zones
he's stealing the idea. it's nothing new at all.
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no_arbusto Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:30 PM
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5. maquilladora norte?
That's what it sounds like to me. No wonder they're pro-immigration now.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:32 PM
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6. It's kind of like a Jewish ghetto in Germany
but with compassion.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-02-04 09:37 PM
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8. More tax cuts...
...targeted geographically for republican dominated suburbs in red (welfare) states only.
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