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Henry Bloch pledges millions to improve community - and he's voting for Obama
Kansas City entrepreneur and philanthropist Henry Bloch has formed a new family foundation to improve the quality of life in Kansas City into perpetuity.
The Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, formed with a gift last year, ultimately will inherit the couple’s wealth.
Dollar amounts will remain private for now. But a family announcement Monday said the foundation would become one of the largest in the region.
The couple’s pledge means millions to improve healthcare, education, social services and the arts throughout the Kansas City area.
“Our city will be forever a better city to live in because of his gift and his focus on Kansas City,” said Deborah Wilkerson, president and CEO of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. “It creates a lot of hope for our community.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/30/3732616/henry-bloch-pledges-millions-to.html#storylink=cpy
The Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, formed with a gift last year, ultimately will inherit the couple’s wealth.
Dollar amounts will remain private for now. But a family announcement Monday said the foundation would become one of the largest in the region.
The couple’s pledge means millions to improve healthcare, education, social services and the arts throughout the Kansas City area.
“Our city will be forever a better city to live in because of his gift and his focus on Kansas City,” said Deborah Wilkerson, president and CEO of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. “It creates a lot of hope for our community.”
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/30/3732616/henry-bloch-pledges-millions-to.html#storylink=cpy
Something has gone terribly wrong in Washington, DC. Over the last two decades, both Republicans and Democrats have put our country in a financial dilemma largely caused by one simple fact: The government borrows nearly 45 cents for every dollar it spends. Now the ongoing debt-ceiling fiasco has brought the nation to the edge of a fiscal precipice.
I am a registered Republican. But I speak out on this subject not to support the Republicans’ or Democrats’ position. Instead, I advocate for average, middle-income Americans. Their voices are too often ignored in policy debates.
I am appalled at the behavior of this Congress, which now seems more intent on political maneuvering for power than on making rational public policy. For example, some Republican members of the House appear to be refusing to agree to any solution for which President Obama can claim any credit. Consequently, our country finds itself on the brink of defaulting on the nation’s debt, not because of the actions of the American people but because of the actions of certain elected officials.
Clearly we have borrowed from our future to pay for today’s benefits. That practice has now caught up with us. We need Congress to formulate a plan to deal with this problem. The debt gap cannot otherwise be closed. A balanced approach — a combination of spending cuts and increased revenue, not merely spending cuts — is the right answer.
I’m not the only one who feels this way. A large majority of Americans are calling for compromise and a fair and balanced approach to resolving this debt crisis. The average American understands that digging our way out of this crisis will require shared sacrifice in the form of fewer benefits and higher taxes on the top income earners. Yet our political leaders continue to go about their business of trying to “one-up” one another and score political points that they will look to cash in when they run for re-election in 2012.
Read more here: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/balance-budget-and-balance-burden/#storylink=cpy
I am a registered Republican. But I speak out on this subject not to support the Republicans’ or Democrats’ position. Instead, I advocate for average, middle-income Americans. Their voices are too often ignored in policy debates.
I am appalled at the behavior of this Congress, which now seems more intent on political maneuvering for power than on making rational public policy. For example, some Republican members of the House appear to be refusing to agree to any solution for which President Obama can claim any credit. Consequently, our country finds itself on the brink of defaulting on the nation’s debt, not because of the actions of the American people but because of the actions of certain elected officials.
Clearly we have borrowed from our future to pay for today’s benefits. That practice has now caught up with us. We need Congress to formulate a plan to deal with this problem. The debt gap cannot otherwise be closed. A balanced approach — a combination of spending cuts and increased revenue, not merely spending cuts — is the right answer.
I’m not the only one who feels this way. A large majority of Americans are calling for compromise and a fair and balanced approach to resolving this debt crisis. The average American understands that digging our way out of this crisis will require shared sacrifice in the form of fewer benefits and higher taxes on the top income earners. Yet our political leaders continue to go about their business of trying to “one-up” one another and score political points that they will look to cash in when they run for re-election in 2012.
Read more here: http://voices.kansascity.com/entries/balance-budget-and-balance-burden/#storylink=cpy
And he's voting for Obama:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/28/3729580/a-series-of-fortunate-events-bloch.html
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