Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso Jackson
Alphonso R. Jacksonserved as the 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 28, 2004 and confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 2004. Jackson announced his resignation on March 31, 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth9 September 1945
CountryUnited States of America
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But we look back now, and we realize the Great Society was not a success.
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One of the problems that we are confronted with is, when we decide to buy or build a home, we don't get a clear picture of what closing costs will be of that home.
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And for far too long, the Democrats have had a monopoly on black votes in this country.
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HUD's mission is to provide decency and sanitary housing for low and moderate income people in this country.
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The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.
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And what most people don't understand is the bulk of business in this country is small business.
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I was soon drawn to the Republican Party because I realized that it truly, not just rhetorically, believed in equality.
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They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.
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You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.
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As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.
equality
In 1965, I marched for equality.
jobs school years
After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.
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But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government.
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Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.