{"id":1076,"date":"2010-09-06T16:49:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T16:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voteforjoe.com\/wheresjoe\/?p=516"},"modified":"2010-09-06T16:49:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T16:49:41","slug":"dogs-for-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dogs for Dollars&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Route 90 Run-N-Gun Tour cont&#8230;<\/em> \u00a0 We sped along, stopping in South Bend, Indiana, where I talked with a teacher from St. Joseph&#8217;s High School there. \u00a0 He said the standard tuition at the school is $6,000 a year, far beyond the reach of many kids in the area. \u00a0 However, he lobbied for partial scholarships for low income Hispanic youths. \u00a0 And the administration went along. \u00a0 This year four Hispanic youth were given scholarships, with the possibility of more next year&#8230; \u00a0 We then headed on to Elkhart, Indiana, where there is a 16% unemployment rate. \u00a0 Driving into town, we noticed a graphic&#8217;s shop with a billboard that read: \u00a0 <strong>&#8220;We Make Signs for Money!&#8221;<\/strong> \u00a0 I then went to a downtown plaza where I passed out campaign cards to people sitting at tables around a small hot dog stand. \u00a0 The sign on the hot dog stand: \u00a0 <strong>&#8220;Dogs for Dollars.&#8221;<\/strong> \u00a0 Apparently when you&#8217;re living in a depressed town, you have to be pretty direct about needing money. \u00a0 <strong>Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteforjoe.com\/stands\/stands_economy_philosophy.html\">economy position paper<\/a> reflects a new approach to the economy. \u00a0 \u00a0One that could provide jobs for practically everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Route 90 Run-N-Gun Tour cont&#8230; \u00a0 We sped along, stopping in South Bend, Indiana, where I talked with a teacher from St. Joseph&#8217;s High School there. \u00a0 He said the standard tuition at the school is $6,000 a year, far <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=1076\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}