<WHAT EXACTLY DO THESE “low- and moderate-income members of the community” CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY?????
Not much. I remember decades ago when the ‘community’ was invited to participate more in school planning. I remember my mother talking about people with no college, no training, no knowledge of history, administration, whatever, trying to tell the schools what to do.
I know a lot of FReepers dislike teachers and public schools, and god knows you don’t need a college degree to have an opinion about education, but there’s a difference between an opinion and an educated opinion.
Same thing for sitting on hospital boards. I do not want the great unwashed (yeah, call me a snob, that’s fine) in control of institutions that require licensing, high levels of education, training, and accreditation.
The day this happens is the day pimps and hoes are on hospital boards.
(and to the DUers who may be lurking, no, that is not racist.....go watch the videos)