1journeyman
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Originally Posted by VinnyRaptor
http:///forum/post/2821213
in 8 short years college tuition has tripled. food gas and energy has doubled. jobs, especially manufacturing have disapeared. i too have friends in jail or on drugs. i too am scraping by and i too have friends that are "rich". the opportunities we ALL had 10 20 or 30 years ago aren't as abundant as they were back then. if your from a poor family and aren't exceptional how are you to live the American dream? by working at Walmart or McDonalds? you cant go put in an application at the local steel mill or auto plant there in China and Mexico. you cant get a scholarship or grants for college or trade schools. what is the C average poor kid to do nowadays? back in the day he could work an honest blue collar job and provide for his family. he would pay taxes, provide a service, and contribute to society. now he's at a fastfood joint or two and still cant afford a trade school or college. he/she has no healthcare and is a paycheck or two away from being homeless! this is not fair and is not the american dream, especially while the richest 1% have made record profits! if EVERYONE was struggling equally i could except it. but thats not the case. our young and poor quite simply do not have a fair shot. i dont want my tax dollars going to lazy welfare bums but I DO WANT it to go to hardworking poor kids who want the American dream. they DONT have the same opportunities that we had and thats the problem...
I found the problem; You live in a different country than I do.
I worked with students from 1996 until 2005. I saw HUNDREDS of low-middle income kids work, that's right work, their ways through college. Many of them choice junior colleges for 2 years so they then could afford larger Universities.
Whose responsible for the cost of education increasing? Aren't the universities in your State regulated by your State?
The unemployment numbers simply contradict the woeful tale you're trying to spin...
Let me explain this. We live in the 21st century. GONE are the days of steel mills and the glory days of labor unions (thank God). That "C" student needs to be hitting the books harder to become an "A" student.
We live in a global economy. The people that don't try to better themselves, work hard, and move to get an appropriate job aren't going to have a $60,000 a year job handed to them.
http:///forum/post/2821213
in 8 short years college tuition has tripled. food gas and energy has doubled. jobs, especially manufacturing have disapeared. i too have friends in jail or on drugs. i too am scraping by and i too have friends that are "rich". the opportunities we ALL had 10 20 or 30 years ago aren't as abundant as they were back then. if your from a poor family and aren't exceptional how are you to live the American dream? by working at Walmart or McDonalds? you cant go put in an application at the local steel mill or auto plant there in China and Mexico. you cant get a scholarship or grants for college or trade schools. what is the C average poor kid to do nowadays? back in the day he could work an honest blue collar job and provide for his family. he would pay taxes, provide a service, and contribute to society. now he's at a fastfood joint or two and still cant afford a trade school or college. he/she has no healthcare and is a paycheck or two away from being homeless! this is not fair and is not the american dream, especially while the richest 1% have made record profits! if EVERYONE was struggling equally i could except it. but thats not the case. our young and poor quite simply do not have a fair shot. i dont want my tax dollars going to lazy welfare bums but I DO WANT it to go to hardworking poor kids who want the American dream. they DONT have the same opportunities that we had and thats the problem...
I found the problem; You live in a different country than I do.
I worked with students from 1996 until 2005. I saw HUNDREDS of low-middle income kids work, that's right work, their ways through college. Many of them choice junior colleges for 2 years so they then could afford larger Universities.
Whose responsible for the cost of education increasing? Aren't the universities in your State regulated by your State?
The unemployment numbers simply contradict the woeful tale you're trying to spin...
Let me explain this. We live in the 21st century. GONE are the days of steel mills and the glory days of labor unions (thank God). That "C" student needs to be hitting the books harder to become an "A" student.
We live in a global economy. The people that don't try to better themselves, work hard, and move to get an appropriate job aren't going to have a $60,000 a year job handed to them.
