[ashtanga]

Maybe I look at things with a gimlet eye, but is the general IQ of the American public dropping? Or perhaps there is a greater willingness to be ignorant. I meet college graduates who can barely string sentences together.

[RetiredArmy]

My opinion is that a majority of people want the easy road. They want it given to them. It is preached to them that it is their right to have it. They don't have to earn it. The evil rich people owe it to them. Middle Americans owe it to them. We were LUCKY to be where we are. We have held THEM down. We actually completed high school, college or got some actual job related training that translates into a real job. Not a degree in Political Science. What the heck type job does a PS degree get you? You graduate and become secretary of state right out of college? People refusing jobs unless it is $15.00 an hour.

On the radio a couple of weeks ago, some guy who ran a homeless place, who himself said he was homeless and lived there, said he could not find a decent job that would pay him the $17.50 an hour that he said he HAD TO HAVE to be able to live in Tacoma, WA. He would not take a job unless he GOT that amount. When asked what his specific job title was, he said he was like a general labor type person. Meaning, I am a high school drop out and the only experience I have is with a shovel.