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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Sun Jun 2, 2013, 02:43 PM Jun 2013

In this new era with only enough jobs for half the population for the next 50 yrs should we cut [View all]

the school system in half?

Or should we change the school system to a dual system, one for tech job prep and one for creative day care.

Technology has replaced half the labor force and it may take 100 yrs to adapt, acknowledgment is the first step to solutions.

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In this new era with only enough jobs for half the population for the next 50 yrs should we cut [View all] CK_John Jun 2013 OP

No. How about cutting our definition of full time employment in half? We already have Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #1

We need Soc Sec to be age 50 for all. We've already cut wages in half. CK_John Jun 2013 #2

I think that would help in the short term. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #5

Do just what we're doing--put education on line and make it dirt cheap. dimbear Jun 2013 #3

wow that would really help the unemployment problem HiPointDem Jun 2013 #9

Triple the minimum wage and make it a felony for anyone to work more than 24 hours a week hunter Jun 2013 #4

Well we've spent the last 200 years developing labor saving devices, we just forgot Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #6

Your rage is understandable but it sounds like a buggy maker complaining... the world is what it is CK_John Jun 2013 #7

& your post sounds like a libertarian talking point. 'buggy-maker' lol. 1 billion hits on google HiPointDem Jun 2013 #10

No rage here, just accurate observation. I'm white, well educated, personable, not entirely dim, Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #11

that's what I've been thinking too. ArcticFox Jun 2013 #12

The government should cut hours worked kentuck Jun 2013 #8