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The person who posted this thread is a typical person of young age, who has grown up his/her entire life, with entitlements from our government. He/she/it is so ignorant and nieve, he/she/it has no clue how things are paid for. They think everything is "free."
I know, I shall get the wrath of certain informed younger persons, however, again, most young people do not think, and/or realize, every single government program out there, including grade school, middle school, and high school, are paid for by tax dollars. And, those tax dollars come from your and my paycheck.
They go to school, get this program, that program, etc and when they find out they actually have to pay something and live in the real world, they fold up in a fetal position and cry, "It should be free."
During the late 19th century, the US decided to offer free education for all children whether they are rich or poor. The proposal was for making a generation literate to work the factories of the industrial age. Public education created functionally literate people to fuel the American economic system.
Now that we are in a globalized world, which requires educated and skilled people to fuel economic growth in this country, we should allow anyone in the US to attend college free of charge. It makes sense in this global economy.
It's time to reset the way we do things, People.
Great idea, so now we can turn our first rate higher education system into the same mess our third rate primary and secondary education are in.
Advantage: it would free a lot of graduates from crushing student loan debt.
Disadvantages: too many college graduates; many believe that is already the case. Students taking courses useless in any economy. More difficulty in military recruitment.
What I wonder is why can't technology be used to decrease the cost of a college education?
The point is not the few brilliant individuals who (for different reasons) did not attend college, but how a massive increase in college graduates could impact America's economy.
I remain skeptical.
Advantage: it would free a lot of graduates from crushing student loan debt.
Disadvantages: too many college graduates; many believe that is already the case. Students taking courses useless in any economy. More difficulty in military recruitment.
What I wonder is why can't technology be used to decrease the cost of a college education?
Well then on to the next entitlement..guaranteed jobs.
Well I kind of guessed you pay your housemaid very little so that she cannot afford to send her son to school. That sounds like it's not a living wage - and you mentioned cheap labor, but I suspect your servant is cheap labor. Employers that don't pay a living wage are the problem.
Most people in my area have to hire a Maid Service, which costs $145 for one visit and only vacuums and cleans the bathrooms (once a month).
Funny how our elected officials in Washington typically hire illegal immigrants for their household help, and totally ignore all the bureaucratic requirements for worker's comp, social security, payroll taxes, withholding, etc. that prevent me and other dual-income couples from hiring household help that would make our lives so much easier.
I bet there are plenty of people in our area who would like to earn some money helping us with housework, but the government idiocy prevents me from hiring them since I would waste even more time on the miserable bureaucracy, not to mention losing buying power thanks to government tax greed.
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