Year Up

[stevenash]

Just watched a segment on Sixty Minutes about this program called Year Up.  It is a highly successful program intended solely for the disadvantaged that gives them an opportunity they might otherwise not get.  All of you lefties who believe that the right consists of greedy, uncaring, rich people need to take notice and understand what this program is achieving WITHOUT GOVERNMENT assistance and WITHOUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS.  And the majority of the participants are the Wall Streeters that you have been taught to hate ( even though you really don't know why, you have just accepted that they are evil)  THis program has high standards and demands accountability.  I heard one instructor say that if you are late to class because the bus was late, that simply isn't acceptable.  Young people who come out of this program are producing at a very high rate and have become productive citizens without throwing endless taxpayer dollars at it.  Donations are coming in from all over the country and you need to know that those evil Republicans are heavily involved in the donations and even more heavily involved in the education process.  This is PROOF POSITIVE that there are often times better ways to solve problems that having a bloated, inefficient, and unaccountable government handling the process and it is damn sure more productive than Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.  Big Girl, what would you do if someone you knew took advantage of this program and became a Wall Street success story?  Would you cheer them for what they have accomplished or would you demonize them for becoming a productive member of  the "establishment"?

[NorthoftheBorder]

Steve, I wonder if your favorite poster on this board will GOOGLE it????

 

Seriously, this is just another example that most all of our citizens of every race and nationality can and would improve themselves if, like Dr. Ben Carson's mom did him, they were held accountable, not allowed to make excuses, and provided with the proper education that would allow them to succeed.  Now, you can bet that our best friends who are really radical left schills will come on here with their radical garbage trying to dispute and demonize this program!!!

[CraigS]

It's rather amazing that the "race" topics have 10 times or more dialogue than this topic....the reason however is quite simple....one directs blame to others, while the other demands accountability. One finds excuses to fail, the other finds means to succeed. One turns out free loaders, the other turns out productive citizens. One votes Republican, the other votes democrat. OH, and one last note....One drives nice cars that they pay for themselves, the other drives nice cars others pay for... :D

 

And to respond to another comment I can not find in regards to their being people driving on "22's" in the trailer parks also....no no...trailer park folks use tire sizes, not rim sizes....so they will driving on 35's  :D

[Big girl]

If what you are saying is true Nash, then it is a good program. We need more like it.