#WeTriedToTellYa: One Trump Tax Cut Meant To Help The Poor Is Helping One Billionaire Win 'Bigly'

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Opportunity zones are meant to spur new investment in poor areas, but thanks to Donald Trump's 2017 tax overhaul law people like Under Armour's Kevin Plank, one of Maryland's richest residents, are getting tax breaks for investments that are not new and not in a poor census tract.

Plank's area was picked over neighborhoods that are actually poor and as a result he would have the opportunity to claim what could amount to millions in tax breaks for a project known as Port Covington.

Jeff Ernsthausen, a Data Reporter for ProPublica spoke with Roland Martin about the investigation into how Trump's tax breaks are helping the rich get richer and leaving the poor poor.

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