I bow to the Jinx - she is right on. Get the feds outta this!

Good point.

Except that government workers aren't robots, they too are real people with real common sense, but they are, as you say, tied up in red tape and there isn't a damn thing they can do about it.

I like the idea of a private agency being able to say "yeah, you've blown it...no more free ride for you" but then you get into personalities, it becomes subjective.

A federal (so I'm sure is true for other govt agencies) regulation states that we are not allowed to treat any student any differently than any other...so if I LIKE someone I can't push them to the front of the "line" and if I don't like someone I can't push them to the back. It's the ONLY way to assure that it's fair and unbiased.

Though it hardly ever seems fair. :headshake I've seen too much and have become quite jaded.

I just had this image of Shawnee tied up in red tape.

Can you use that bubble gum tape stuff? Then I can chew my way out.

Edible Bondage!

1972 - Nixon (R) vs. McGovern (D)
1976 - Carter (D) vs. Ford (R)
1980 - Reagan (R) vs. Carter (D)
1984 - Reagan (R) vs. Mondale (D)
1988 - Bush Sr. (R) vs. Dukakis (D)
1992 - Clinton (D) vs. Bush Sr. (R)
1996 - Clinton (D) vs. Dole (R)
2000 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Gore (D)
2004 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Kerry (D)

Bold==my vote
First candidate==winner

I thought Bush Sr. did an ok job. What made you decide to vote for Clinton?

TheMercenary only votes for winners.

I bet it was 6 words. "Read my lips. No new taxes."

Most of my votes have been anti votes, well except for Regan. I just thought the other guy sucked more. The first time I voted for Clinton I just wanted something different, change. But that was almost 20 yrs ago. Since I was on AD at the time it was not until I voted for him the second time that I realized I had made a huge mistake because he really desimated and demoralized the military.

1984 - Reagan (R) vs. Mondale (D)
1988 - Bush Sr. (R) vs. Dukakis (D) vs. Paul (L)
1992 - Clinton (D) vs. Bush Sr. (R) vs. Marrou (L)
1996 - Clinton (D) vs. Dole (R) vs. Browne (L)
2000 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Gore (D)
2004 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Kerry (D)

Bold==my vote
First candidate==winner

1984 - Reagan (R) vs. Mondale (D)
1988 - Bush Sr. (R) vs. Dukakis (D)
1992 - Clinton (D) vs. Bush Sr. (R)
1996 - Clinton (D) vs. Dole (R)
2000 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Gore (D)
2004 - Bush Jr. (R) vs. Kerry (D)

Bold==my vote
First candidate==winner

Agreed. In their much much smaller sphere of influence. Why? For a couple reasons, at least. The distance between delivering the assistance and receiving the resources to provide that support is much shorter. The lets the feedback loop (hey, weren't you here last week?) be shorter and more viable. Also, the smaller system is likely to have someone delivering the assistance who has more authority to use their judgment to act in the best interest of the charity and the individual. Governments are notoriously hierarchical and notoriously allergic to pushing authority down the chain.

Just because in some circumstances private charities can do better that the government doesn't mean that government shouldn't do charitable-like work.

But do you have a brain? :lol:

US politics in general is so far the the right of UK politics, I'm not sure you can really apply Winston's quote here