JoeB131
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- Jul 11, 2011
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Yeah? Who's fault is that? It doesn't always have to be about working more, it could be as simple as working smarter...Many of these min wage workers have never advanced past high school, and would like to do something in the trades but in today's market, where it costs somewhere around $5K to $8K to even get a CDL, or Welding certificate, they just give up...And with Colleges and Universities charging tuitions that place these students in debt for 10 years or more is a travesty, and one that Democrats never aknowledge that they opened the door to...It's almost as if Democrats creat problems so they can rush in and rail against them...
How did the Democrats create this problem, exactly?
If I blame anyone, I kind of blame the businesses themselves. For most of my professional career, I've been in procurement and inventory management. Most jobs in that field require at least a bachelor's degree. Of course, what I learned about procurement and IM I learned in the Army, not college. Still the very fact I have a Bachelors in Management of Things that Have Already Happened (aka a History Degree) has given me an edge up on my contemporaries who didn't finish college. In the crash of 2008, I was able to get a new gig in a few weeks, while my buddy who only had some junior college took six months, and the woman with no college was out for nearly two years. (But she was kind of a back-stabbing bitch, so no one felt bad for her.)
I don't disagree with you on this Joe...I grew up in Lansing MI, where everyone's dad that I knew worked for GM in some capacity...The Mom's stayed home for the kids, and they lived a great middle class life, most that I know retired at around 58, (my age now)....
The shift can IMHO, be traced to when American Democrats started arguing that BOTH people in the household needed to work to sustain the enevidible "service based economy"... They told us that was the "new normal".... Now look at where we are....
Not everyone is "college material" wouldn't you agree? And if you do, then why not bring back some kind of teaching of "the trades" in High School?
I'd have no problem with that.
Of course, the Democrats never argued that "both" people in the household needed to work. The hyperinflation of the 1970's made that happen, and that was largely caused by old Tricky Dick printing money like a madman to keep the economy on a war footing.