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1 posted on 12/10/2010 2:41:26 AM PST by Scanian
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We are paying more people not to work than we have people working for a living.


2 posted on 12/10/2010 2:46:35 AM PST by screaminsunshine (Americanism vs Communism)
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” For people without a high-school degree, the unemployment rate is more than 15 percent. If that were the rate for everyone, it’d be the 1930s again “

..... welcome back 1930’


3 posted on 12/10/2010 3:15:30 AM PST by SF_Redux
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To: Scanian
Stability. Commitment. Follow-through. A sense of purpose beyond immediate self-gratification.

Gee, all the things that help contribute to financial success also contibute to educational and marital success.

No surprises here, for anyone who wants to think about it.

On the other hand, it does underscore that the government gets more of what it rewards, and less of what it taxes. So when the government rewards failure . . . .

4 posted on 12/10/2010 3:27:03 AM PST by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: Scanian

I wonder how accurate this is given that the study itself was done by a guy with a college degree, or higher...


5 posted on 12/10/2010 3:28:22 AM PST by thatjoeguy (Wind is just air, but pushier.)
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Well, that’s why my father suggested I get an education.


7 posted on 12/10/2010 4:26:44 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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Could it be the employers have a larger choice in applications and are choosing college educated applicants over high school for jobs that only require a high school education?


8 posted on 12/10/2010 4:34:34 AM PST by when the time is right
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