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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-06-06 12:58 PM
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44. G.I. Bill
Has helped many soldiers through college
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  -Name ONE successful federal program. Kingshakabobo  Mar-06-06 12:33 PM   #0 
  - Head Start  flyingfysh   Mar-06-06 12:34 PM   #1 
  - Has Your Friend Ever Driven On An Interstate?  ThomWV   Mar-06-06 12:35 PM   #2 
  - Here's a few  trotsky   Mar-06-06 12:35 PM   #3 
  - BTW, the Internet was "invented"by Al Gore!  BlueEyedSon   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #12 
  - Which  Peanutcat   Mar-06-06 12:51 PM   #39 
     - Didn't much matter as far as the RW spin machine spun it  BlueEyedSon   Mar-06-06 01:04 PM   #47 
        - There you go again  NewJeffCT   Mar-06-06 01:38 PM   #62 
        - LOL... cut that out!  BlueEyedSon   Mar-06-06 01:45 PM   #66 
        - Poor Gore!  Peanutcat   Mar-06-06 08:49 PM   #74 
  - Great list  liberal N proud   Mar-06-06 12:37 PM   #14 
  - Sweet  buddysmellgood   Mar-06-06 12:37 PM   #16 
  - That list is too short!  in_cog_ni_to   Mar-06-06 12:42 PM   #21 
  - Cool!!! Thanks for this. This is what I was looking for. n/t  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:46 PM   #33 
  - trotsky, you rock!  CrispyQGirl   Mar-06-06 01:23 PM   #55 
  - You might want to scratch FEMA from that list  never cry wolf   Mar-06-06 01:31 PM   #58 
  - Yeah, it definitely needs an asterisk now.  trotsky   Mar-06-06 01:47 PM   #71 
  - Corporations would have done all that  Xap   Mar-06-06 09:28 PM   #75 
  - Rural electrification  Book Lover   Mar-06-06 12:35 PM   #4 
  - most of that was done by local collaboaratives, actually  northzax   Mar-06-06 12:44 PM   #29 
     - I think that still counts. Are you referring to the Tennessee Vally Auth?  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:53 PM   #41 
     - yes, I'd count it  northzax   Mar-06-06 01:27 PM   #56 
        - Rural Electrification Administration a federal program  confludemocrat   Mar-06-06 10:29 PM   #80 
           - to compare, I pay $29.99/month for cable modem  northzax   Mar-06-06 11:06 PM   #83 
              - In the boonies only NRTC can help you  confludemocrat   Mar-07-06 11:07 AM   #84 
     - There was federal money that made it possible  TexasProgresive   Mar-06-06 01:46 PM   #70 
  - Social Security  valerief   Mar-06-06 12:35 PM   #5 
  - The war in Iraq (heh). Also countless corporate welfare programs.  BlueEyedSon   Mar-06-06 12:35 PM   #6 
  - WIC  Solly Mack   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #7 
  - What's a WIC. I have abbreviation block.  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 01:31 PM   #57 
     - I'm posting a link for WIC  Solly Mack   Mar-06-06 01:35 PM   #60 
     - Thanks!!! Another reason to love DU. n/t  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 01:45 PM   #65 
     - Full name: Supplemental Feeding Program for Women, Infants and Children.  moc   Mar-06-06 10:33 PM   #82 
  - FAA  ThomWV   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #8 
  - Good one. NTSB accident investigations.  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 01:19 PM   #53 
  - Social Security  AllegroRondo   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #9 
  - I don't care if it was a republican thing it was still a fed program.  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:41 PM   #19 
  - United States Navy  Deep13   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #10 
  - These idjits don't complain about the armed forces.  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:43 PM   #28 
     - Fact is most Fed. programs are successful to some degree.  Deep13   Mar-06-06 12:54 PM   #43 
  - The Post Office  Horse with no Name   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #11 
  - Right on!  LisaLynne   Mar-06-06 12:43 PM   #26 
     - Even compared to the post offices of other countries.  trotsky   Mar-06-06 01:40 PM   #63 
     - delete  trotsky   Mar-06-06 01:46 PM   #67 
  - here are some more  flyingfysh   Mar-06-06 12:36 PM   #13 
  - US Navy  ThomWV   Mar-06-06 12:37 PM   #15 
  - NASA Went To The Moon  ThomWV   Mar-06-06 12:37 PM   #17 
  - Social Security  amBushed   Mar-06-06 12:39 PM   #18 
  - Here are a few  benddem   Mar-06-06 12:41 PM   #20 
  - The VA  wicket   Mar-06-06 12:42 PM   #22 
  - Social Security my pick  MemphisTiger   Mar-06-06 12:42 PM   #23 
  - ask your co-worker if they like safe drinking water, food and roads  havocmom   Mar-06-06 12:42 PM   #24 
  - THE CONSTITUTION  BOSSHOG   Mar-06-06 12:43 PM   #25 
  - Good one! n/t  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:59 PM   #45 
  - Voting Rights / Civil Rights Act.  tabasco   Mar-06-06 12:43 PM   #27 
  - For me, Medicaid  TAPat   Mar-06-06 12:44 PM   #30 
  - welfare  mdmc   Mar-06-06 12:44 PM   #31 
  - The Highway System, US Mail, National Parks  LSK   Mar-06-06 12:46 PM   #32 
  - government programs can work great  killbotfactory   Mar-06-06 12:47 PM   #34 
  - Name ONE successful country without social programs.  Marr   Mar-06-06 12:47 PM   #35 
  - Touche! I'll save that for the coup de gras. Thanks!! n/t  Kingshakabobo   Mar-06-06 12:49 PM   #37 
  - That's so right on.  Skidmore   Mar-06-06 01:03 PM   #46 
  - Certainly the military could be successful if they were allowed to pursue  swag   Mar-06-06 12:47 PM   #36 
  - Gore's Internet and USPO  Bandit   Mar-06-06 12:51 PM   #38 
  - Rural Electrification n/t  One_Life_To_Give   Mar-06-06 12:52 PM   #40 
  - pre- or post- bush?  antifaschits   Mar-06-06 12:54 PM   #42 
  - G.I. Bill  Poiuyt   Mar-06-06 12:58 PM   #44 
  - The WW2 GI Bill was probably the most cost-effective use of federal funds  TahitiNut   Mar-06-06 01:42 PM   #64 
  - Disability is good, Unemployment  dmordue   Mar-06-06 01:04 PM   #48 
  - Bill of Rights -- Bushco despises all but one of them  Bozita   Mar-06-06 01:06 PM   #49 
  - Pell Grants and WIC  mandyky   Mar-06-06 01:12 PM   #50 
  - FEMA was under Clinton Admin with Whitt at the helm. It's a  Ilsa   Mar-06-06 01:13 PM   #51 
  - Trio, Even Start, Perkin's loans, Pell grants, Title 5 and Title 1 grants  Bucky   Mar-06-06 01:16 PM   #52 
  - TVA - without it the south would still be stuck in 1865.  Jara sang   Mar-06-06 01:20 PM   #54 
  - Title 9  Radio_Guy   Mar-06-06 01:33 PM   #59 
  - I know there are a lot of Carville bashers here, but, read this book  Lochloosa   Mar-06-06 01:37 PM   #61 
  - Space program, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid...  SaveElmer   Mar-06-06 01:46 PM   #68 
  - Social Security! His grandparents were receiving SS checks...  LaPera   Mar-06-06 01:46 PM   #69 
  - College Work Study  suffragette   Mar-06-06 01:53 PM   #72 
  - Here's more!  PegDAC   Mar-06-06 02:44 PM   #73 
  - Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS)  ripple   Mar-06-06 09:44 PM   #76 
  - Fannie Mae was too successfull.  Odin2005   Mar-06-06 09:47 PM   #77 
  - The Marshall Plan  Rufus T. Firefly   Mar-06-06 09:49 PM   #78 
  - The SBA n/t  rucky   Mar-06-06 09:56 PM   #79 
  - Umm SOCIAL SECURITY.  TankLV   Mar-06-06 10:32 PM   #81 
 

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