Income Inequality vs. Education [View all]

Income inequality is a major problem in the US right now. The rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer for way too long. The problem is not with the economy as much as it is with education.

America was once the gold standard of education. We're now in a free-fall decline among industrialized nations.

I'm not an educator or an economist but I believe if America educated it's people as it should, income in-equality would recede naturally.

Education in America should be free to Americans.

It will cost a lot but it will also cost less than war.

What kind of country are we?

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Income Inequality vs. Education [View all]	tecelote	Aug 2013	OP
access is still an issue even for educated people	Supersedeas	Aug 2013	#1
That's a problem with traditional education.	tecelote	Aug 2013	#4
"The problem is not with the economy as much as it is with education."	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#2
Good point.	tecelote	Aug 2013	#5
What would you consider a "right" education?	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#6
I don't disagree with you.	tecelote	Aug 2013	#7
They didn't lose their jobs for lack of skills.	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#8
I advocate education being free in exchange for fewer wars.	tecelote	Aug 2013	#9
I'm all for a better-educated America, but all you've been telling me is that people	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#11
I am a far way from saying that people who are jobless are uneducated or poorly educated.	tecelote	Aug 2013	#13
I'm all for widely available affordable education, but you seem to think	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#16
How many of those people you mention that lost their jobs voted Republican?	tecelote	Aug 2013	#10
I'm not psychic. The ones I know are Dems. n/t	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#12
The proper answer to this that the person you're arguing with is...	Neoma	Aug 2013	#14
+1. It certainly wouldn't hurt. n/t	winter is coming	Aug 2013	#15
education is no longer a guarantee of a living wage	RainDog	Aug 2013	#3
50% of the education system is not needed, the cycer era does not have the jobs.	CK_John	Aug 2013	#17
Education certainly helps	mythology	Aug 2013	#18
I'm all for educational opportunity equality but the increase in income	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2013	#19
Education is crucial but so is a living wage. If allowed corporations will continue to	liberal_at_heart	Aug 2013	#20