It outline a program on business economics so they can
get into business for themselves. It's called the YE program, Youth
Entrepreneurs. I applaud what they are doing. This article isn't so
sure, but it a far better effort than the dumbed down common core being
foisted on our kids.
In this curriculum, they try to deal with common mythologies that many are taught in public schools:
Corporatism v. Free-market Capitalism
Deregulation is what caused recession in 80s, Economic problems of today
Rich get richer at the expense of the poor
FDR/New Deal brought us out of the depression
Government wealth transfer programs help the poor
Private industry incapable of doing functions that public sector has always done
Unions protect the employees
People with the same job title should be paid the same amount ...
Minimum wage, "living wage," laws are good for people/society
Capitalist societies provide an environment for greed and materialism to flourish
Socialist countries do just fine, people have great lives there (using this as proof that socialism works
In this curriculum, they try to deal with common mythologies that many are taught in public schools:
Corporatism v. Free-market Capitalism
Deregulation is what caused recession in 80s, Economic problems of today
Rich get richer at the expense of the poor
FDR/New Deal brought us out of the depression
Government wealth transfer programs help the poor
Private industry incapable of doing functions that public sector has always done
Unions protect the employees
People with the same job title should be paid the same amount ...
Minimum wage, "living wage," laws are good for people/society
Capitalist societies provide an environment for greed and materialism to flourish
Socialist countries do just fine, people have great lives there (using this as proof that socialism works
They are unabashed in their approach. Help underprivileged kids out of
poverty by teaching them to become entrepreneurs... and that is a good
thing. Here's their website, you can see who it is targeting: https://youthentrepreneurs.org/about/
I think if seasoned businessmen like me were willing to get involved maybe we can break the back of poverty in our cities propagated by bad economic education. Look around the neighborhoods, who owns the businesses?
The official mission of Youth Entrepreneurs is to provide kids with "business and entrepreneurial education and experiences that help them prosper and become contributing members of society." The underlying goal of the program, however, is to impart Koch's radical free-market ideology to teenagers. In the last school year, the class reached more than 1,000 students across Kansas and Missouri.
Lesson plans and class materials obtained by The Huffington Post make the course's message clear: The minimum wage hurts workers and slows economic growth. Low taxes and less regulation allow people to prosper. Public assistance harms the poor. Government, in short, is the enemy of liberty.
Though YE has avoided the public spotlight, the current structure of the program began to take shape in November 2009, documents show, when a team of associates at the Charles G. Koch Foundation launched an important project with Charles Koch's blessing: They would design and test what they called "a high school free market and liberty-based course"
I think if seasoned businessmen like me were willing to get involved maybe we can break the back of poverty in our cities propagated by bad economic education. Look around the neighborhoods, who owns the businesses?
The official mission of Youth Entrepreneurs is to provide kids with "business and entrepreneurial education and experiences that help them prosper and become contributing members of society." The underlying goal of the program, however, is to impart Koch's radical free-market ideology to teenagers. In the last school year, the class reached more than 1,000 students across Kansas and Missouri.
Lesson plans and class materials obtained by The Huffington Post make the course's message clear: The minimum wage hurts workers and slows economic growth. Low taxes and less regulation allow people to prosper. Public assistance harms the poor. Government, in short, is the enemy of liberty.
Though YE has avoided the public spotlight, the current structure of the program began to take shape in November 2009, documents show, when a team of associates at the Charles G. Koch Foundation launched an important project with Charles Koch's blessing: They would design and test what they called "a high school free market and liberty-based course"
Charles
G. Koch, the billionaire chairman of Koch Industries, is funding a
public high school course designed to turn young people into
"liberty-advancing agents." (Photo: Bo Rader/Wichita Eagle/MCT via Getty
Images) In the spring of...
huffingtonpost.com
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