War

[BrotherIvan]

37. Two words: JOBS and EDUCATION

We are the only developed country in the world where a poor kid who wants to go to college often has to choose to put his or her life on the line in order to be able to do it. I know this because I saw if first hand at the high school where I worked. The ONLY recruiters who came to the school were the military and the cops. This was a community of working class poor students who had no prospects. There weren't scholarships or loans that could cover the cost. Three kids signed up and another we were able to talk out of it.

Same for jobs. In the ghetto, there's minimum wage, drugs, or the military. This is the REAL reason why there is no jobs program or apprenticeships in this country. They want to keep enlistment up or the prisons filled (where surprisingly you can earn college credits). So we do have a jobs and education program in the US paid for by taxpayers, just not the one we want.

I have discussed this in threads on Sanders' bill to pay for college. I've been told that the European system which does pay for people to go to college is bad because it doesn't pay for everyone (even when they are shown evidence of how the system actually works, they persist). So they want to keep the status quo because it's not their kids denied a future, or worse, risking getting their limbs blown off because they weren't born rich enough but were born smart enough. FUCK YOU I GOT MINE isn't just for Republicans.