Partnership Director, Midwest Region (Must be based in MI, IL, or OH)
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FII-National (FII) dba UpTogether is a national organization of individuals across the country with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities who share a passion for social justice and racial equity. Our mission is to recognize, highlight and invest in the ingenuity and entrepreneurship of people in undervalued communities and partner with government and philanthropy to do the same.
After working with thousands of families since our founding in 2001, at FII/UpTogether, we are certain people don’t live in poverty because they are lazy, uneducated, or mismanage money, as stereotypes would indicate. Instead, the poverty cycle, which disproportionately impacts Black and Latinx communities, can be traced to well-intentioned but inadequate governmental and charitable policies and practices that rely on a traditional top-down approach. Our approach views individuals and families with low i
of the income levels and at the same time keep the total level of revenue equal to what it is if you didn t make those changes. my question is, if you do that, keep the neutrality there, also make sure you ve got the minimum tax removed and make sure all the incentives for investment and saving are maintained, how do you do all that and at the same time not reduce revenues or lay the new revenue responsibilities on to the middle class? well, let me just respond to one thing that bob said if i may, chris. i agree with you that mitt romney s had a lousy month. you know who s had a worse month barack obama? there s two statistics that barack obama can t get around. one is 1.5% growth which is anemic. barely keeping us out of a double dip reception. the other are 8% unemployment for months. those are devastating numbers. why don t you debate the tax thing instead of trying to shift the subject? give an answer on the tax thing. you going to give me the reagan fantasy again? all right,
rates, maintain the bush tax cuts up to the top of the income levels, and at the same time keep the total number of revenue equal. my question is if you do that, keep the neutrality there, also get rid of the make sure you ve got the minimum tax removed and all the sin incentives are maintained. how do you all that and not reduce revenues or lay the new revenue responsibilities on to the middle class? well, let me just respond to one thing that bob said if i may, chris. bob, i agree with you that mitt romney s had a lousy month. you know who s had a worse month is barack obama? there s two statistics that barack obama can t get around. one is 1.5% growth which is anemic. barely keeping us out of a double dip reception. those are devastating numbers. why don t you debate the tax thing instead of trying to shift