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dimbear

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

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 02:01 PM

Jun 2013

Electronic textbooks, never set foot on campus before exams. Total college education costs a few grand.

Wave of the future. Sorry, sororities and fraternities.

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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