The South's Economy Is Falling Behind: 'All of a Sudden the Money Stops Flowing'

[Afromania]

1. Obama tried to to tell them that the future would require at least a little bit of retraining.

They soundly rejected it and the right began pushing the "you don't need an education" to be successful". In some cases you don't, but those that don't typically don't are pretty on the ball to begin with. For the rest, or a majority of us, it's a handy ladder grasp. We had an administration that was that and there were initiatives put in place for folks going back to college/retraining.

Between the financial aid awards being raised and the American Opportunity tax credit it was almost like getting paid little bit to attend. I don't think it would have singly changed their economic fortunes but it would have allowed them a chance at the industries that require a more educated population base.