
Ep333 - David Kirp | Kids First: Five Big Ideas for Transforming Children's Lives (National Day of Hope)
Talks at Google
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The Four Letter Acronym for Kids
For every dollar that goes to a kid, $7 goes to a geyser like me. If every American drank one fewer Coke a month, we'd have a billion dollars a year to add to the pot. The old political line is kids don't matter because kids don't vote. Politicians can get away with not paying any attention to them. And until there's some way to push nudge the political system into rethinking its priorities, investing in the next generation then this becomes nothing more than a nice conversation.
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