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>Never before had such a plan—known as “fiscal equalization”—been tried at the metropolitan level. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-mira
by basch 11y ago
>Never before had such a plan—known as “fiscal equalization”—been tried at the metropolitan level.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-miracle-of-minneapolis/384975/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-mira...
tldr: the twin cities tax businesses and put the money into low income communities to prevent crime, and in the 70s and 80s, 70% of subsidized units were built in the wealthiest white districts, to prevent ghettos from forming.
- ooooo00000 11y agoBut unfortunately Minnesota consistently ranks among the worst regarding the disparity between white and minority educational achievement.