Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Proof that a Clinton Administration will Care About Poor People

Fifteen years ago, HUD took a stronger stance on the issue of guns in public housing. In 1994, during the tenure of HUD Secretary Cisneros, the Clinton administration considered banning firearms from all federally-funded public housing— equivocating between prohibiting only handguns and an outright ban on all firearms—in an effort to reduce violent crime.141 Secretary Cisneros said of the proposition, “there is no doubt that I feel that is the proper direction.”142 When announcing the plan, the Secretary proclaimed, “We have the authority.” [More]
Like all things Opposite Day "progressive," they presume authority. And return to the roots.

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