If the voters in your district decide it to be so, you must live with the results or leave. Your ignorance notwithstanding. The point is, it is a great example of a program that works that never would have been given a chance under a neo-con warhawk administration. or one run by you. Your ignorance notwithstanding.
On Nov 6, 4:41 pm, "You Can't Buy MI Water" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NO THEY ARE NOT THE SAME. BUT THE REFUSAL TO CONSIDER ANY KIND OF > SOCIAL REFORM FOR FEAR OF "SOCIALISTS" IS IRRESPONSIBLE. > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > YOU IGNORANCE NOTWITHSTANDING > > On Nov 6, 4:39 pm, Gaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
