One criticism that I think we can level is that that first stimulus package, they were so desperate to get it out to rescue The first stimulus package...could have helped more African Americans if it had been targeted the way Obama's labor secretary, Ilda Solis has done with her pathways to poverty. toward what are called pumas, public urban micro areas. And that way, I think African Americans could have, should have benefited more, but the money would have taken too long to, to get out. (30:34–30:53)
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Asserts that the first stimulus package could have been more beneficial to African Americans if targeted differently.
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