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Old 01-27-2015, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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The money gets stolen by the poverty mafia.
Which is what happens all over the world. Foreign aid is frequently stolen by those in power and very little of it actually helps the poor people.
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Old 01-27-2015, 03:48 PM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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No, you said that.

Try reading the OP again. Or maybe even watch the video. You might learn something.
Or not. Some people are incapable of learning. Where do you think liberals come from?
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Old 01-27-2015, 04:09 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Which is what happens all over the world. Foreign aid is frequently stolen by those in power and very little of it actually helps the poor people.

It is rather sad, when the only friends you have, you had to buy.
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Old 01-27-2015, 04:10 PM
 
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LOL. It was New Jersey. Of course there was corruption.
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Old 01-27-2015, 05:05 PM
 
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No. I didn't say that or anything like it. That's the point. But you know that.
Yes, the point is that you said "there's a problem, and a particular approach didn't work!", which isn't really making a point.
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Old 01-27-2015, 05:12 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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So you're saying... if only we spent less money on schools, Camden would be booming?
If they spent the average / student and put the rest into a GET account for each student they could easily pay for every student who graduated to go to college as well as K-12, but instead they throw the money away and get nothing for it, they barely get literate high school graduates from it.
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Old 01-29-2015, 06:23 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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Yes, the point is that you said "there's a problem, and a particular approach didn't work!", which isn't really making a point.
The point is more government doesn't solve problems. More money rarely helps and frequently makes the problems worse. The failure of many school systems is not caused by a lack of money or a lack of regulation.
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Old 01-29-2015, 06:32 AM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Almost every government program that doles out other people's money is a total failure. Billions and trillions of dollars being doled out attracts crooks by the thousands and incompetent management that has no stake in the game. So we should not be surprised by these failures.
Very good narrative of our ill-conceived, unnecessary wars of choice.
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Old 01-29-2015, 07:23 AM
 
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The point is more government doesn't solve problems. More money rarely helps and frequently makes the problems worse. The failure of many school systems is not caused by a lack of money or a lack of regulation.
The clerk at WalMart was a jerk to me, therefore corporations don't solve problems. Your move.
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