Posts Tagged ‘President Barack Obama’

President’s FY’14 Budget Would Make NMTC Permanent at $5 billion in Allocation Authority

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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013 – The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Coalition commends President Obama for his call for a permanent extension of the NMTC.  By permanently extending the NMTC, President Obama would ensure that low income communities continue to receive billions in capital for new community facilities, businesses and revitalization projects while also generating a significant return on investment [...]

Treasury Continues to Support NMTC Program

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On February 19th I participated in a conference call in which senior Treasury officials provided remarks preceding a press release and fact sheet further supporting the inclusion of a New Markets Tax Credit program extension for 2010 & 2011 in the President’s proposed budget. “As part of the Administration’s strategy to restore prosperity and create [...]

Finance Fund Calls for Share of T.A.R.P. Funds to Bolster Business and Revitalize Communities

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On Wed., Feb. 3, Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner announced that CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) banks, thrifts and credit unions may now access funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (T.A.R.P.). This is part of the Obama Administration’s movement to support business lending by community development banks and development credit unions. Mark Pinsky, [...]

Lies and apathy (Naked again)

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We all come naked from the womb, but most of us do not stay that way. Yet again I am amazed at the rhetoric flying about the airwaves and the halls of congress concerning the Shangri-La or inferno of revamping the U.S. health care system. It’s not the topic that is disconcerting but how the [...]

Listening to behavior.

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Last night I listened to President Obama’s address to Congress and admittedly I wanted to be impressed.


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