Homeless girl National Science Semi-Finalist - is helping her "socialism"?

[Old Rocks]

Socialism is the ownership of the means of production by the workers or the state.

Helping a family in need is compassion. Which is a function of religion. Which Rdean despises.

Compassion and socialism are not synonymous. The experience of the 20th century would suggest that they are antonyms.

Are all Rdean's rhetorical questions dishonest and stupid. Experience proves that they are 94% of the time.

And what of the 20th Century experiance with Fascism? State corporetism. Perhaps letting the very wealthy control everything, as in Czarist Russia, does not lead to ideal results, either.

Perhaps using socialism or capitalism where they have been proven to work would be a good idea. Of course, that is an anthema to either the left or the right.

 

[JamesInFlorida]

Isn't this girl just an insult to the poverty pimps? Here she is, homeless, no money, yet, she is still an achiever. No one had to redistribute anything to her. She never got paid for doing nothing. Never demanded better grades than she deserved.

Someday she will be a wealthy woman and the poverty pimps will STILL tell her that she got everything handed to her because her daddy was rich.

This. She's worked hard to get to where she is, and has EARNED it. Such a concept is really lost on young-people today. You want something? Who's stopping you? Go out and get it.

 

[rdean]

Isn't this girl just an insult to the poverty pimps? Here she is, homeless, no money, yet, she is still an achiever. No one had to redistribute anything to her. She never got paid for doing nothing. Never demanded better grades than she deserved.

Someday she will be a wealthy woman and the poverty pimps will STILL tell her that she got everything handed to her because her daddy was rich.

Have you ever looked into the academic criteria for scholarships. Most only have to maintain a C average. That is what it generally takes to pass in college. So, just barelty passing and you get your way paid. By the taxpayers.

To be making satisfactory academic progress for federal financial aid, you must:

1. Achieve at least the GPA required to meet the college's minimum retention standard or be granted academic probation; after two years of enrollment, earn at least a "C" average, or its equivalent, or have academic standing consistent with the requirements for graduation.

Federal Satisfactory Progress

I don't think taxpayers should have to foot the bill for C students. But we SHOULD be helping the academically gifted. It will be those people who help solve the problems of the world. Not the C student.

If a C student isn't going to solve the problems, then why did we elect Jr. twice, and let Perry into the 2012 race?

Or............for that matter..........why is Perry (a C student) leading Texas?

You said C student's can't solve problems very well.

Because Republicans get all excited over those who are "below average". They feel he or she is "one of them" and not some elitist smart person.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Socialism is the ownership of the means of production by the workers or the state.

Helping a family in need is compassion. Which is a function of religion. Which Rdean despises.

Compassion and socialism are not synonymous. The experience of the 20th century would suggest that they are antonyms.

Are all Rdean's rhetorical questions dishonest and stupid. Experience proves that they are 94% of the time.

And what of the 20th Century experiance with Fascism? State corporetism. Perhaps letting the very wealthy control everything, as in Czarist Russia, does not lead to ideal results, either.

Perhaps using socialism or capitalism where they have been proven to work would be a good idea. Of course, that is an anthema to either the left or the right.

There are jobs the state does well. To purse the goals of providing life, liberty and sanctity of property is why governments are set up in the first place.

Even inside its area of competence, Government usually does very badly. Everyone who has got close to court systems, armies, police forces or what have you has dozens of horror stories about dangerous levels of ineptitude and total indifference to the tools used.

Different tools are used for different goals. Socialists are like the man with the hammer to whom every problem is a nail. However, the hammer, even for its best choices of work, is usually defective. For places it is inappropriate it only makes problems worse.

Compare the management of forests by Georgia Pacific and the Department of Agriculture. Then come and argue that government does a better job of managing those resources.

 

[ABikerSailor]

Have you ever looked into the academic criteria for scholarships. Most only have to maintain a C average. That is what it generally takes to pass in college. So, just barelty passing and you get your way paid. By the taxpayers.



Federal Satisfactory Progress

I don't think taxpayers should have to foot the bill for C students. But we SHOULD be helping the academically gifted. It will be those people who help solve the problems of the world. Not the C student.

If a C student isn't going to solve the problems, then why did we elect Jr. twice, and let Perry into the 2012 race?

Or............for that matter..........why is Perry (a C student) leading Texas?

You said C student's can't solve problems very well.

Because Republicans get all excited over those who are "below average". They feel he or she is "one of them" and not some elitist smart person.

You know.......I'm of the opinion that this country SHOULD be in the hands of the smartest.