Lewdog
Gold Member
I have a masters. Was a steelworker. Made more in 1996 than I make now Mr. Out of touch with reality.It makes no sense to see education as a government handout.School for what? You are a fucking asshole. They don't want a government handout. They are proud Americans and miners. Green jobs are a joke and fallacy. You worked in a factory my ass. Go back to school. Lol. They go to the high school football field on Friday nights that their father played on, they played on, and their grandchildren play on now. Paid for with miner Union wages. Green jobs. China build all the solar panels and wind mills they use in Mid-West. US taxpayer fronted bill for research and development...then companies moved to China. You are out of touch with reality. Be sure to watch Trump Inaguration.You have never worked in industrial sector or mining have you? These people are proud to be miners. They have for generations. When you take away a mans job and he cannot provide for his family you destroy his soul. That factory job...that mine job is his house note, truck note, his kids health care. You want to replace a $25.00 hr mine job with a $8.00 green job? You don't get it. It's about their PRIDE.Wait... so mining is a better job than running equipment shredding tires? I'm sorry... you are going to have to explain that to me.
An $8 an hour job... bullshit. And I have worked factory jobs. And grinding up tires for play grounds aren't the only jobs these ex-miners are being offered. They are being given tuition for going back to school... what they do is up to them. Well that was until the Republicans took away funding.
When our economy was based on agriculture we required an 8th grade education.
When we moved to manufacturing, corporations required more than that. So, we established high school for everyone and made that a requirement.
Today, we're moving beyond that. And, corporations are clearly stating that education beyond high school is a requirement for a significant portion of our economy.
Suggesting that college education is an insult makes no more sense than suggesting that requiring high school was an insult.
Plus, let's remember that Clinton's direction was to beef up vocational education to meet the demand for engineers who know modern production, etc. The Dem direction on education is NOT limited to academics.
You should ask for a refund on your college education. You have created some of the dumbest threads on this board. You said that the kid from Louisville had got a degree... and you said the U.S. should attack China.