tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post925319556573820377..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Robert Reich to New College Grads: "You're F*cked"Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22866840596555728622012-05-26T20:01:09.441-04:002012-05-26T20:01:09.441-04:00So this is what amounts to "economic policy&q...So this is what amounts to "economic policy" these days? That most of the problem with college graduates getting jobs is government intervention in the economy? And that the Fed "manipulation of the money supply makes it extremely difficult for businessmen to plan"? Clearly you didn't pay any attention in your college courses on macro or microeconomics, and I find it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19328538933661364092012-05-20T00:53:45.878-04:002012-05-20T00:53:45.878-04:00POP, that is an amazing story. How I wish my paren...POP, that is an amazing story. How I wish my parents had given me that kind of life. I have been caring for autistic adults for 13 years which is about the most dead-end job in existence (as my excuse, I needed the security while helping my disabled parents). School was like a prison to me,and I always thought very differently from everyone around me. I feel that I was always a libertarian, just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15238540918319078262012-05-19T23:18:27.755-04:002012-05-19T23:18:27.755-04:00College degrees have always been status symbols. ...College degrees have always been status symbols. Your status is dependent upon the school you graduate from If you graduate from Harvard, Stanford, etc. you are in the "wow" class. If you graduate from a lesser of the "God" made schools you have less status. Of course if you graduate with a PHD you are in the top wrung of the ladder like Alan Greenspan or Paul Wolfowitz. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-3453725086419992712012-05-19T22:52:11.478-04:002012-05-19T22:52:11.478-04:00Pop, what an amazing story. Those boys have a far ...Pop, what an amazing story. Those boys have a far superior education when compared to their peers who have been kept in cages and held hostage by the groupthink maleducators. Some employers will want expensive sheepskin, but the smart ones will recognize the value of the "real world" education (and the path of continuing education they are all embarked) that these men bring.<br /><br />R Dale Fitzgeraldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73362555479099771492012-05-19T22:47:47.569-04:002012-05-19T22:47:47.569-04:00Joining the Ron Paul revolution and getting Americ...Joining the Ron Paul revolution and getting America back is the only way out of the tunnel for young Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-40434726849718268682012-05-19T19:40:31.887-04:002012-05-19T19:40:31.887-04:00i might add this - our boys born 7 years apart (ye...i might add this - our boys born 7 years apart (yes that's 21 years) - so there was never any sibling rivalry and each got all the focus of the family. I think having kids all at once just makes things incredibly difficult for everyone. Sure you get your child-rearing done early so you can get back to your own life...<br /><br />pThe Peak Oil Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689230374176801643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-20815218686939680172012-05-19T17:41:44.399-04:002012-05-19T17:41:44.399-04:00I have three sons.
In the countries where they gr...I have three sons.<br /><br />In the countries where they grew up there is government funded education.<br /><br />Year 10 of school is completed with what in my day was called a "School Certificate"<br /><br />Year 12 with what was called "Higher School Certificate" - if your overall score is high enough this gains you entry to university<br /><br />None of my sons gained theThe Peak Oil Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689230374176801643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81548911333106756572012-05-19T16:45:21.245-04:002012-05-19T16:45:21.245-04:00I'm confused. There isn't any greater advo...I'm confused. There isn't any greater advocate for government intervention in everything than Reich. And since this is mainly due to big government sucking the life out of the private sector, why isn't he pleased with the state of affairs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53357081782189843142012-05-19T13:40:27.080-04:002012-05-19T13:40:27.080-04:00I have written quite a few times on my blog, that ...I have written quite a few times on my blog, that parents should raise their kids to become as self-sufficient at as early an age as possible.<br /><br />By mid-teens, the kids should have a part-time job. Unless they plan on going into medicine or something else involving the sciences, in which on-site labs etc. are necessary, then, instead of becoming a matriculating college student at Scott Lazarowitzhttp://reasonandjest.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com