It failed those who paid for it and it failed those it was designed to serve. I think we've turned the corner. Now, I believe, we are on the path to real solutions. That is not to say that change will happen overnight. Neither will it come without hard work and many thorough debates.
Independence means risk and the sacrifice of security.
Economic mobility means work, hard work. But history has shown us that no nation and no people who have ever tasted the sweet fruit of freedom, then wished for a return to captivity. In Pennsylvania, with our Project for Community Building and our Keystone Opportunity Zones, we are about the business of helping people set themselves free. We think its a glorious thing for government to seek.