You Can't Take It With You
Peter Peterson: Yes. We are close to buying one such movie and I am financing a proposal that Rory Kennedy and Liz Garbus are working on. I am very impressed with what Al Gore has been able to achieve with "An Inconvenient Truth."
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Lincoln Park, MI: I see a disconnect between those that want to support from above with financial resources and those from the grass roots (like me) who are working with individuals trying to make a difference.
How do you plan to drill down to the grass roots and sell your value statement to the people that can use your experience, wisdom, and talents the most?
Peter Peterson: An important part of our focus to going to be to communicate with young people whose future, after all, it is. We are not only going to use "their" media, but we are hiring experts in grass roots organizations as we try to figure out how to educate and activate young people.
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New York, NY: A lot of different proposals have been put out there about how to reform Social Security. Could you go into a little more detail on what kind of reform you would push for?
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Posted By: jwaxtell @ 04/03/2008 11:59:07 AM
Comment: If this is what is called a live talk it seems pretty dead to me. I am not getting any input from anyone nor any responses to my comment at 11:37 and it is 12:07. that is a bit more than a few minutes
Posted By: jwaxtell @ 04/03/2008 11:27:23 AM
Comment: Dear Mr. Peterson:
Thank you for taking the time to discuss your thoughts with us.
I am a volunteer at a K ??? 12 alternative school and have been impressed with one program that was made available free to us ??? textbooks and all ??? about personal financial responsibility and planning.
Would your foundation consider funding ???open books??? available free of charge to be downloaded as well as free DVDs that could be duplicated free of charge.
One of the major problems we have is that there is no curriculum that we can afford that deals with the issues we feel are necessary to teach. There is no curriculum that discusses our constitution, the financial system, and how students (voters) can work to make changes.
As it is now you buy the entire text or none of it. The amount of money available to teachers to buy texts is, to say the least, minimal.
I recently bought a book on a database program for $10 and it was a download. I am able to print the book out page by page and use what I want of it. This is affordable and allows me the flexibility I need.
Sorry for the double post before ??? I am just learning how to use this format.
I would also suggest that you consider other formats for national discussions ??? ones that would allow the page to be more of a chat room.
John Axtell
funlife@centurytel.net
Posted By: jwaxtell @ 04/03/2008 11:17:05 AM
Comment: How can we submit a one page proposal to your foundation