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Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« on: February 06, 2007, 11:48:06 PM »
Kalamazoo Public Schools announces that all KPS students who have been enrolled since kindergarten will receive four-year, full-tuition college scholarships, starting with the class of 2006.

Anonymous philanthropists are funding.  $12 million is all it costs.

Kalamazoo housing increases. 

This is capitalism put to good socialist ideals.  Bravo.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2007, 11:56:52 PM »
How can Socialism place a claim on it?

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2007, 12:47:10 AM »
How can Socialism place a claim on it?

It can't.  I am placing it for socialism.

The socialist ideal is that for a community to succeed, it must help itself by helping one another.  Education is the key  to the lock on the American Dream.  Educating the populace can only make the community a better place to be.

If capitalism could be used in this manner all the time, I wouldn't mind it so much.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2007, 01:36:31 AM »
How can Socialism place a claim on it?

It can't.  I am placing it for socialism.

The socialist ideal is that for a community to succeed, it must help itself by helping one another.  Education is the key  to the lock on the American Dream.  Educating the populace can only make the community a better place to be.

If capitalism could be used in this manner all the time, I wouldn't mind it so much.

It can be and often is.

It is socialism that cannot be used this way.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2007, 03:06:57 AM »
What a wonderful thing! 

This is something the Rust Belt has to deal with.  How do we ensure an educated populace?   This is a great start.
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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2007, 03:02:50 PM »
It can be and often is.

It is socialism that cannot be used this way.

True because socialism is a philosophy while capitalism is a tool (as I've been told again and agian here).  I like seeing capitalism used to fund socialist ideals.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2007, 06:33:27 PM »
It can be and often is.

It is socialism that cannot be used this way.

True because socialism is a philosophy while capitalism is a tool (as I've been told again and agian here).  I like seeing capitalism used to fund socialist ideals.


I do not know why you would think so.


The contributors are NOT socialists , you can tell because they are parting with their own money.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2007, 01:52:51 PM »
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The contributors are NOT socialists , you can tell because they are parting with their own money.

False claim.  One can be a socialist within a capitalist society as these people clearly are.   They may be parting with their own money but they are doing it for the benefit of their society, their community if you will.

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2007, 05:02:24 PM »
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The contributors are NOT socialists , you can tell because they are parting with their own money.

False claim.  One can be a socialist within a capitalist society as these people clearly are.   They may be parting with their own money but they are doing it for the benefit of their society, their community if you will.


No , because they had their own money and were willing to give it proves that they have been capitolists.
This is an ordinary thing for capitolists to do.

If they were demanding that this thing be done by OPM(other peoples money) I would beleive that they were socialists .

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Re: Kalamazoo, MI's Promise
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2007, 06:35:28 PM »
No , because they had their own money and were willing to give it proves that they have been capitolists.
This is an ordinary thing for capitolists to do.

If they were demanding that this thing be done by OPM(other peoples money) I would beleive that they were socialists .

Then you really don't understand socialism.  You think that totalitarianism is socialism.