Posted on 02/27/2014 6:04:28 AM PST by RWB Patriot
No surprise here.I was an outside public utility tech and would have to train new techs on occasion.All too often I would literally have to tell the “trainee” to get out of the truck.So many showed no initiative asked no questions and eventually turned out to be crappy techs but were kept on the payroll for obvious reasons.
$200 million commitment OH boy another stimulus program what could go wrong.
I have experienced two examples of what can and will happen when money is involved with good intentions. One recent event found that the Doc Hurley scholarship fund had been embezzled...drained of scholarship money intended to help inner-city kids go to college....by the daughter of the founder, Doc. Hurley.
Doc was a lovely gentleman who was a HS school coach. He devoted his life, and walked-the walk...returning to the city to serve as a beacon to underprivileged kids. He was loved and respected in the Hartford region and was able to amass donations for a longstanding scholarship fund.
He passed away a few weeks ago, at age 91, I'm sure he died of a broken heart, when he learned his own flesh-and-blood, took all the funds for her personal use.
A few decades ago, private contributions set up a scholarship program for ANY student who attended one particular elementary school, who was in need, and wanted to pursue an education beyond HS. That included a 4-year ride to Harvard, Yale, community college, culinary school...yada. The only codicil, was that they had to graduate from HS/ The children were tracked/followed over their years in the Hartford PS. Of the hundreds that were followed.....ONE child took advantage of the scholarship and went to hairdressing school. Fact.
Hussein's pronouncements are doomed to FAILure. I can see the writing on the wall.
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