tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3127014988604677389..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Impact for Education Finances ReformPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-31257121894801578322018-08-09T11:42:42.602-04:002018-08-09T11:42:42.602-04:00Wow ! " Modern philanthropy looks a lot like ...Wow ! " Modern philanthropy looks a lot like investment, and while all the cool corporations are doing it, they are looking for enough of a return (often in terms of shaping the world more to their liking)."<br />So now "return" can be defined as "shaping the world more to their liking" ? If that's the definition, then just about everyone who is politically active falls into that box. What about "Black Lives Matter" or La Raza or #MeToo ... or even the public unions which you never cease to defend ? Aren't they all trying to "shape the world more to their liking ? <br /><br />I think what you really mean is that those darn hedge fund guys (and it's always men, right ?) have chosen to put their money, time and energy in support of a cause with which you disagree (improving education via choice and other reforms). And that is unacceptable to you. But others who place their money, time and energy behind causes of which you approve - well, that's just dandy. Is that right ? alanbackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174033131550945945noreply@blogger.com