Here's Why Obama Thinks You Should Care About His New Budget

How the 2015 budget could impact African-Americans.

Here We Go Again - President Obama unveiled on March 5 his 2015 budget that he's calling "a road map for creating jobs, with good wages and expanding opportunities for all Americans." House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says it's nothing more than a "campaign brochure." As each side prepares for a major budget battle, here are some of the line items of particular interest to African-Americans.  — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick  (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Training and Employment Services - The budget proposes $3 billion in formula grants to states and localities to provide training at 2,500 American Job Centers across the nation.   (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)Welfare to Work - The budget calls for $602 million in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funding to be redirected to a Pathways to Jobs program to support state-subsidized job opportunities for low-income individuals.   (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Here We Go Again - President Obama unveiled on March 5 his 2015 budget that he's calling "a road map for creating jobs, with good wages and expanding opportunities for all Americans." House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan says it's nothing more than a "campaign brochure." As each side prepares for a major budget battle, here are some of the line items of particular interest to African-Americans.  — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick (Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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