Amazing Story of Perseverance

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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.