Posted on 04/01/2016 7:28:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Death of the middle class.
Google “Asher Edelman recession” and watch his recent CNBC interview. The anchors just can’t beleive he thinks we’ve been in a recession for 15 years because everybody THEY know is doing fine.
Well... flipping burgers until the US loses reserve status and the ability to borrow money from the world... Then we'll go belly up into total bankruptcy and our children's children will run in the streets murdering elites...
Who needs manufacturing? Haven’t you heard that those are Jobs Americans Won’t Do Anymore?
Besides, we are all wealthier due to comparative advantage and international trade. Just look at Detroit, the Paris of the Midwest, the city that had the highest standard of living in the world in 1950
I googled and found and I won’t look but believe we have been in a recession for at least a good portion of that time. Basically, we never came out of 9/11. I said that to someone the other day.
I work at a community & technical college and had a debate this morning with a instructor from the community college side about how college is turning into a big liability for students and how the technical college aspect should be embraced. He was incredulous, why how can you think that I am here to just provide workers for business! I said are you not here to prepare students to be educated and to contribute to society and one major aspect of societal contribution being them employed? NO! I educate and train them to think, I want no part of training students for jobs.
I said well you can’t expect a student to take on $10K or more in community college loans and another $75K or more in loans if they go on to a four year college and then their whole job market consist of do I work for Burger King or McDonald’s? They are figuring it out, college is becoming a liability, your cutting off your nose despite your face.
Why would you not want a student who could graduate in two years with a nursing certification or a HVAC certification and immediately go to work? He was having none of it. Our current governor in Kentucky is demanding productivity and hard numbers from higher education, how are you helping prepare future workers and your funding will be based on that. I work with educated fools...
Profs are wanting universities to be federalized. They are smart enough to realize they won’t make it on a value proposition.
I’m amazed at the reaction but not amazed. How can we not be lost with such attitudes by “educators”?
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