Young men and women, raised properly with a good work ethic, and a next-to-useless education.
Opportunities for good local jobs are few and far between, and those sweet kids aren't prepared to move and lead successful lives.
If the Dept of Ed didn't drain all the resources devoted to education, maybe we could tackle the problem.
We need a lot more vocational schools.
Carpenters, machinists, and the like.
The country does not need more Wal-Mart sized companies, it needs a whole lot of small, local businesses.
In 2008, my son was living in the Eastlake area of Chula Vista, CA. On Feb 8th, a Mexican cartel execution took place just 100 feet from his front door. He knew the victim. They were probably on the way up to visit him. On Feb 14th, I had a U-Haul rented and relocated my son to my 2nd house in Pocatello. The arrangement was that he would pay off his debts and taxes and I would provide a place to live and my car. He had his Idaho real estate broker's license in 3 weeks and was making progress. Fast forward to last week. He has a mountain of debt again from a divorce. Business isn't good enough to get ahead. He is making plans to return to San Diego where his sales volume will allow repaying his debts. Like many others, he just can't earn enough in Idaho to get ahead.
A post script to my son's situation. He is almost finished with his degree in nuclear physics. It's what he prefers to real estate. He's very good at it. Just ran out of money about 2 semesters short of graduation. Finishing that degree would be entre to work at Idaho National Labs. That is what most of my neighbors do for a living.
Close the Department of education and give the power back to the locals and states. The Constitution did not give the Federal Government the authority to create a Department of Education. It is illegal and should be destroyed.
” maybe we could tackle the problem.”
‘We’, tacking problems, corporately, has been the problem.
That is, if individuals were able to keep the other half of what they earn, the problems would solve themselves.
....and immigrants to this country would more likely be individuals who wish to work and build, rather than those seeking subsidized sloth. Perverse incentives.