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Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Steve, > > Why is our education system what it is today? > > Who moved all the businesses off shore? > > Why are illegal aliens able to take jobs away from American Citizens? > > Who is responsible for our immigration? > > Who is responsible for H1B visas? > > How many trust fund babies are there in America? > > Does every person need to graduate college? > > I have been reading and hearing the trades are going unfilled, why is that? > > Why does it cost upwards of $10k a semester to go to a AZ state university? > > Keith > > > >> On 2022-12-31 15:48, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> techli...@phpcoderusa.com said on Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:54:21 -0700 >>> Here are my thoughts. Nothing is free.. had an econ prof that used to >>> say there are no free lunches... it might be free to you but someone >>> paid for it. >> True. But schooling for the citizenry is an investment. Educated people >> pay more taxes and use less welfare, WIC and food stamps. An educated >> citizenry means we can quickly ramp up production if a war or boycott >> cuts our supply of foreign goods. A lot of our social and political >> strife is due to the fact that a large swath of our citizenry is >> constantly running uphill financially, and they're getting tired. >>> I'm a high school dropout that dropped back in. >>> Life is not easy. Don't have money for school? Go to work for a >>> college or university that gives free tuition for their employees or >>> maybe you can be like me and join the military and get the GI Bill. >> We've been cheaping out K-12 for the last 3 or 4 decades. A huge >> portion of our young people are completely unprepared for either >> college or a modern job. We now have uneducated parents raising >> uneducated kids. What could *possibly* go wrong? >>> I'm glad our forefathers were willing to endure and did not quietly >>> quit. There are stories they were out in the freezing cold fighting >>> for our freedom while only having rags on their feet because some or >>> maybe many did no have shoes. Some lost their lives and some lost >>> their fortunes. >> And when they did that, I doubt they were fighting for future >> generations to work in our current sweatshops that aren't a lot better >> than the sweatshops of 1910. >> [snip] >>> I think as a society we have gotten soft. >> You know who's gotten soft? The trust fund babies. The Fortune 500 CEOs >> with their multimillion/year compensation. Those living on investments. >> Believe me, the guys who nailed the roof onto my house in the burning >> Florida sun are not soft. Nor are the homeless people who work 40 and >> still can't find housing, or those who get laid off through no fault of >> their own and are instantly homeless because the middle class is >> constantly on the ragged edge of financial ruin. >>> For me, in my youth, I was grateful for the minimum wage jobs I was >>> able to work at. >> Back then, a minimum wage job kept a roof over your head, and in many >> cases your company gave you health insurance. And back then it was easy >> to get a job exceeding the minimum wage. In a big city, you could find >> factory row, knock on every door, and come home with a job that night. >> A job whose only educational requirement was to be able to speak, read >> and write, if that. >>> My opinion is a job at McDonalds is not a career job and if you think >>> it is your selling yourself short. These are starter jobs and if one >>> does not like minimum wage then go build some skills. >> How? Today's construction trade pay is pulled down by the steady inflow >> of immigrants, legal and illegal. Today's sales jobs are minimum wage, >> so unless you're in the top 10 percent of sales people, that's where >> you stay. You could be a server in a high class restaurant if you can >> get the job, but you better stay young and good looking, especially if >> you're female. >>> If things become too east people will not rise to their potential. >> Tell that to the trust fund babies. >>> Again as a country we have become soft. >> But a lot harder than in the 60's and early 70's, when a guy with an IQ >> of 85 could get a factory job and feed his family. In the 60's, one of >> my buddies lived in a rich suburb, and his father paid for him and his >> brother to go to college. His father was a garbage collector. >> I'll say it again: Our nation needs to invest in its citizens' >> education if we don't want to become a third world country. >> SteveT >> Steve Litt >> Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
