Socialism and Charity are NOT the same thing...
On Nov 6, 12:29 pm, "You Can't Buy MI Water" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted this recently in another thread, but decided to give it its > own section so everyone can take a look. > > In my city we have a program called the Kalamazoo Promise. Wealthy > families from Kalamazoo who were grateful for the city and its people > that helped create their wealth, helped shape their character, and > helped raise their children donated tens of millions of dollars to a > fund that gives a FREE college education to ANY graduate of Kalamazoo > Public Schools that chooses to go to any publicly funded school in > Michigan. In a few short years the program has been widly successful > and popular, giving record numbers of poor and minority students, who > have no college fund and maybe not the grades to get a free ride, a > chance to go to college. It also pays for the schooling of rich white > students on the west side of town who get BMW's for graduation > presents and have had mutual funds in their names since they were > fetuses. (That is called equality.) > > Now this program is the envy of every school district in the state, > and many have made plans for future county ballot proposals that would > raise property taxes to create similar organizations that are publicly > funded in order to produce the same spectacular results. > > "Socialism" is always bad, eh? You wouldn't pay an extra $85 a year or > so on your house to ensure that every child in the district you live > in has a fair shake at higher education? > The way I see it, it is an investment in the future, and one we cannot > afford to pass up. But had a private organization headed by the > Stryker and Upjohn families not done it first, we would've never known > a program like this could be so good, mostly because selfish assholes > like Gaar are too concerned with stroking their egos and throwing out > buzzwords to scare people to actually give a shit about how to DO > SOMETHING to better the lives of the people in their country and > community. > Be brave, Gaar. > Have faith in your neighbor. > Love your country, and wish it well no matter whose in charge. > Start loving yourself by loving others. > > Good thoughts breed good actions. Good actions breed good results. > > Owners of two capitalistic profit loving corporations walked this walk > and made a difference that can never be measured in dividends and > profits, for the joy of the grateful recipients is infinite. > > I know every word of this post will be picked apart by the bitter > shades who eternally haunt the reasonable folk in this forum, but I > invite them to come to Kalamazoo, talk to everyday citizens of every > color, age, religion, creed, political affiliation, and social > background and see what a difference a Promise can make. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
