Roy wrote: "It seems to me his argument is lay off the parents and hire the kids at a
reduced wage to show them the proper "work ethic". I don't know how
that helps lift the family out of poverty. The kids are going to school
and working and being run ragged while the parents lay on the couch
watching Oprah and eating bon bons"
That's not what he said, Roy. Too many people have absolutely no work ethic or inkling of how to behave in the workplace. I have conducted employment searches for researchers, paralegals, law clerks, and personal assistance. I was stunned at time by what I read on applications or how people came dressed to interviews. Applications filled out in purple ink. Blue jeans and t-shirts for interviews. My experience was not with the poor. It was with middle class and even upper class kids.
No one is talking about putting 9 year-olds to work, but I see nothing wrong in giving teenagers the ability to work for the government to learn basic skills, especially when the unemployment rate (especially with minority males +50%) is so high for for them.
I also believe that we need to stop this crap about "Everyone should go to college." Everyone shouldn't go to college. Not everyone is college material. Because the Pell Grant programme and government-regulated student loans funnel money to Big Education, neither really cares whether it is in the best interest of the student or taxpayer for some people to attend college for 3-6 years and never get a degree. Many might have been better off attending a vo-tech school and learning a trade; instead of racking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
Even though there are 15 mil. Americans unemployed in America, there are a great number of jobs that are currently going unfulfilled because Americans lack the skills to perform them. Do a CBA with these knowns:
1. The student graduated from HS in the lower half of his class.
2. The student had to take remedial English and the Maths in college, at least once.
3. The student repeatedly changed majors.
4. The student takes 12 hours for 2 semesters a year.
5. The student fails 1/3rd of the classes he takes.
Two alternative endings:
Ending A:
The student drops out of school after 6 years without a degree and tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.
In contrast, his high school classmate attended a vo-tech school and became a certified electrician.
A never makes more than $50,000. After the first 2 years, the electrician never makes less than $50,000.
Which was a better use of time & money? Which individuals better off?
Ending B:
The student obtains a degree in accounting after 5 years ... graduating with a 2.0 GPA and tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.
In contrast, two of HS classmates got married. One studied for two years as an apprentice plumber for minimum wage. Also as an apprentice working for minimum wage, his wife studied bookkeeping. Living within their means, foregoing the latest iPhone, iPads, cable television, cellphones, saving their money, and diligently protecting their credit score, they were able to borrow the money to start a plumbing business where both worked.
The student, as a mediocre accountant, never makes more than $75,000-$100,000.
The couple earned more than $100,000, at first, and eventually grow their business to a point where they are earning more than $1 million a year.
Which was the better investment?
We NEED to teach kids the skills for success. We also NEED to teach them that they are not entitled to anything. Do you think that they are going to learn life-skills from women like the one below? (She just happens to be black. Thre are too many white Americans on welfare with the same mindset, too, so please save it with the racist thoughts.)
That's not what he said, Roy. Too many people have absolutely no work ethic or inkling of how to behave in the workplace. I have conducted employment searches for researchers, paralegals, law clerks, and personal assistance. I was stunned at time by what I read on applications or how people came dressed to interviews. Applications filled out in purple ink. Blue jeans and t-shirts for interviews. My experience was not with the poor. It was with middle class and even upper class kids.
No one is talking about putting 9 year-olds to work, but I see nothing wrong in giving teenagers the ability to work for the government to learn basic skills, especially when the unemployment rate (especially with minority males +50%) is so high for for them.
I also believe that we need to stop this crap about "Everyone should go to college." Everyone shouldn't go to college. Not everyone is college material. Because the Pell Grant programme and government-regulated student loans funnel money to Big Education, neither really cares whether it is in the best interest of the student or taxpayer for some people to attend college for 3-6 years and never get a degree. Many might have been better off attending a vo-tech school and learning a trade; instead of racking up tens of thousands of dollars in debt.
Even though there are 15 mil. Americans unemployed in America, there are a great number of jobs that are currently going unfulfilled because Americans lack the skills to perform them. Do a CBA with these knowns:
1. The student graduated from HS in the lower half of his class.
2. The student had to take remedial English and the Maths in college, at least once.
3. The student repeatedly changed majors.
4. The student takes 12 hours for 2 semesters a year.
5. The student fails 1/3rd of the classes he takes.
Two alternative endings:
Ending A:
The student drops out of school after 6 years without a degree and tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.
In contrast, his high school classmate attended a vo-tech school and became a certified electrician.
A never makes more than $50,000. After the first 2 years, the electrician never makes less than $50,000.
Which was a better use of time & money? Which individuals better off?
Ending B:
The student obtains a degree in accounting after 5 years ... graduating with a 2.0 GPA and tens of thousands of dollars of student loan debt.
In contrast, two of HS classmates got married. One studied for two years as an apprentice plumber for minimum wage. Also as an apprentice working for minimum wage, his wife studied bookkeeping. Living within their means, foregoing the latest iPhone, iPads, cable television, cellphones, saving their money, and diligently protecting their credit score, they were able to borrow the money to start a plumbing business where both worked.
The student, as a mediocre accountant, never makes more than $75,000-$100,000.
The couple earned more than $100,000, at first, and eventually grow their business to a point where they are earning more than $1 million a year.
Which was the better investment?
We NEED to teach kids the skills for success. We also NEED to teach them that they are not entitled to anything. Do you think that they are going to learn life-skills from women like the one below? (She just happens to be black. Thre are too many white Americans on welfare with the same mindset, too, so please save it with the racist thoughts.)
"Somebody needs to be held accountable, and they need to pay."
- Woman with 15 children, no husband and 3 baby daddies
This is what the welfare state has become and how it has screwed up
children. A woman with 15 kids (and no spouse) complains that people
around
aren’t doing enough to help her – even though her rent, food and
furniture have all been covered by good Samaritans and the government.
You have to hear it to believe it!
Homeless woman with 15 kids: someone’s gotta pay for this
This is the audio that caused Glenn to completely flip out on radio
today. In fairness to Glenn, it’s impossible to listen to this audio and
not be anything from appalled to shocked to angry. A woman with 15 kids
(and no spouse) complains that people around aren’t doing enough to
help her – even though her rent, food and furniture have all been
covered by good Samaritans and the government. You have to hear it to
believe it!
“Somebody needs to be held accountable, and they need to pay,” she said.
Um, maybe that someone should be you?
“Close the legs, lady. Close the legs,” Glenn joked (after lots of head exploding, ear poercing screaming).
“Anybody have a tranquilizing dart they can shoot me with?” he begged.
“Lady. Did you have your pants off maybe too many times in your life?
Is that possible? Is it possible? What are you out doing? What are
your children out doing? I’d like to know. How many of them are even
mowing somebody’s lawn? How many of them are actually out trying to
take any job, any job? Not a good job. Any job. What is it you have
done? Have you thought about birth control? Here’s an idea. Have you
thought about marrying a man? Have you thought about marrying a man or
not having kids with a man who isn’t going to jail? Have you thought
about, you know, maybe we should slow down on the sex thing?
Accountable? I’m not accountable for your life. I am accountable for my
life. I have been working my ass off, lady. What have you been doing?”
he said.
“I don’t have time for it! Because I’m working my ass off!”
"Ask not what you can do for your country, but what your country can do for you."
- OWS Protester
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