And then there is the not-so-Smart Growth. The endless series of regulations that attempt to nudge/force the citizens to live “happily” cheek to jowl in urban areas. Stanley Kurtz is the author of Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities. Mr. Kurtz does a great job in this 8 minute video explaining an Obama policy called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), which is expected to get approved in December of 2014, as well as other elements of smart growth. To learn more, click on this link.
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Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)-Stanley Kurtz
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Obama’s Plans for Ohio
This is a extremely well written article which demonstrates how regional governments will attempt to redistribute the wealth from the suburbs to the inner cities. This article, written by Stanley Kurtz, is adapted from his new book, Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay for the Cities. link
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