Amazing Story of Perseverance

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Yes from reading the article it sounds like despite the goverment they were able to open this home. I believe that it is only private enterprise and individual effort that can turn communities around. I urge all people to volunteer for one thing or the other. I love helping children and there is no greater high then seeing a child smile. One of my past groups I was with, did christmas for needy children or you could say children with worthless parents. I played Santa even though I'm not very fat and the memories that it brought I'll never forget. There was this one girl who followed me/santa around all day and became my little helper. This was back around 1995 and just about everyday I wonder what happened to this sweet little girl. Her mother was so bad she did not even show up to pick up her daughter and someone had to drive her home. But I know for that one day she was treated like the special person and I hope maybe that we helped her in some way.Thats why I wonder all the time about what ever became of her life. Is she even still alive. Sorry but goverment cannot do these things it takes people so thats why alot of times I'm against the goverment and there waistfull programs. Until we can get parents and neighbor hoods to take control there is no goverment program that can fix broken communities.

I think you missed the point in the story where the kids big break came from getting 70K in federal funds. Yes. Much was contributed in terms of services from individuals and small companies, but government programs working with and facilitating the help of volunteers can make a huge difference.

The pro-bono legal services were undoubtedly part of the State university's system to provide practical education for attorneys. Thus, by creating and funding the public law school, the government created an enterprise that allows individuals to gain an education while, at the same, time, providing a more direct benefit to the community.

I think it is safe to say that, even with the contributions of private individuals, this project would not have gotten done without the assistance of government programs.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

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I think it is safe to say that, even with the contributions of private individuals, this project would not have gotten done without the assistance of government programs.

Amazing that no evil bureaucrat stopped it at the last minute. (wait, has it actually opened yet?)

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I think you missed the point in the story where the kids big break came from getting 70K in federal funds. Yes. Much was contributed in terms of services from individuals and small companies, but government programs working with and facilitating the help of volunteers can make a huge difference.

The pro-bono legal services were undoubtedly part of the State university's system to provide practical education for attorneys. Thus, by creating and funding the public law school, the government created an enterprise that allows individuals to gain an education while, at the same, time, providing a more direct benefit to the community.

I think it is safe to say that, even with the contributions of private individuals, this project would not have gotten done without the assistance of government programs.

That federal money came from the citizens and I'd bet that it took over 100,000 grand for the feds to produce the 70 grand. So for the feds to hand out the money 30% or so was waisted in Washington. Not good use of funds. If the fed was a charity it would get a poor scoring because of this.

With what I put in bold I totally disagree with. There are 100's of thousands of organizations and places like this that get up and running without goverment assistance. I also bet that most of that 200,000 in legal services was to help deal with federal, state, and city ordinancesand red tape.