One Student Does the Incredible: Gets Law Passed for State to Pay Off College Debts

[jeffrey]

This is a small story about a group of young people in one small state who are trying to sustain good local jobs in a rudderless global economy. It's also a story of grass-roots activism and good governance; of ordinary citizens -- not big-time campaign donors -- who believed that it was possible to address the kinds of problems that causes most career politicians to throw up their hands and say it's impossible for government to smooth the edges of the New Economy

AlterNet: One Student Does the Incredible: Gets Law Passed for State to Pay Off College Debts

[PrincessPerky]

I asked Bossie where he got the nerve to think he could pull off something like this, and he paused before answering. "I feel like everyone complains about these systems we have," he said, "but I try to reform them instead. I own them, as a citizen -- they're my systems in the end."

Apathy of citizens might be worse than govt corruption...