I was asking you, not google. The latter was merely a preliminary check.

I didn't even read very far in the site I quoted from. I knew your meaning
must be different, but the quote was a way of narrowing the question.

Carrol

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:pen-l-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Walker
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:58 PM
> To: Progressive Economics
> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Query re "Transformative Reforms" was Is 'post-work'
a
> social democratic fantasy?
> 
> Better to ask me what I mean than ask Google. Maybe the NSA knows what
> I'm thinking but they won't say. Transformative reforms are reforms that
> change -- or potentially change -- the "conversation" or the terrain of
> struggle.
> 
> Please don't get hung up on the word choice. The Rose Community
> Foundation is welcome to use the same words to talk about whatever they
> are talking about. What I was commenting on was a critique by Andrew
> Kliman, not an announcement from the aforementioned foundation. Either
> consider my comment in the context it was presented or ignore it.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>       Tom Walker: "This doesn't mean such improvement can go on
> indefinitely, but
>       such improvement as can be achieved has the potential of opening
> up other
>       possibilities. That's the notion of transformative reforms."
> 
>       =========
> 
>       This concept ("transformative reforms") sounds interesting, but I
> would like
>       to see some clarification of its content. I googled the phrase, but
> didn't
>       see much that fit the present context. One example is attached below
> (in
>       part). I
> 
>       Carrol
> 
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>       Home > Press Releases >
>        CLF Announces Forward-Thinking Funding Support from Rose
> Community
>       Foundation
>       CLF Announces Forward-Thinking Funding Support from Rose
> Community
>       Foundation
>       Posted at June 25, 2013 | 0 Comment
> 
>       FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>       June 25, 2013
>       Colorado Legacy Foundation Announces Forward-Thinking Funding
> Support from
>       Rose Community Foundation
> 
>       DENVER, CO - Today the Colorado Legacy Foundation (CLF)
> announced another
>       significant investment by Rose Community Foundation to support
> CLF's
>       sustainability. The $300,000 two-year grant will build
organizational
>       capacity to support communications and development, project
> management and
>       collaborative partnerships.
> 
>       "Rose Community Foundation has been an integral part of the
> success of our
>       organization. More importantly, they have seeded transformative
> reforms
>       throughout Colorado - reforms that are garnering national
> attention," said
>       Dr. Helayne Jones, President and CEO of the Colorado Legacy
> Foundation. "At
>       the Colorado Legacy Foundation, we believe that not one initiative,
or
> one
>       organization for that matter, can meaningfully and permanently
> deliver on
>       the promise of a great education for every student in this state.
And
> this
>       investment by Rose Community Foundation is a critical statement of
> support
>       for CLF's whole child, whole system, whole community approach to
> engage with
>       multiple stakeholders cross the state and at every level of
> education."
> 
>       Rose Community Foundation was one of the first investors in the
> programmatic
>       work of CLF partnering with other organizations including Daniels
> Fund,
>       Gates Family Foundation and The Piton Foundation to provide
> support to
>       infrastructure needs that have not kept pace with CLF's rapid
growth.
> In
>       addition, the CLF's success in drawn national funding has been
> bolstered
>       greatly by the widespread support of Colorado's local funding
> community.
>       [snip]
> 
>       http://colegacy.org/2013/06/colorado-legacy-foundation-
> announces-forward-thi
>       nking-funding-support-from-rose-community-foundation/
> <http://colegacy.org/2013/06/colorado-legacy-foundation-announces-
> forward-thi nking-funding-support-from-rose-community-foundation/>
> 
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> 
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