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Arugula Latte

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13. Yes, I agree, but
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:28 PM
Jan 2014

in the meantime, millions of young people have to decide what to do about college, and college costs keep rising and rising.

A college degree tazkcmo Jan 2014 #1
yep. that is an unspoken truth about one value of degrees in work place Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #2
You are correct! tazkcmo Jan 2014 #4
4 years in a machine shop as an apprentice with a Good Reference from the boss.... bvar22 Jan 2014 #21
You might enjoy this then. zeemike Jan 2014 #24
Fascinating - Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jan 2014 #29
Excellent point. Bobbie Jo Jan 2014 #33
Everyone should have a Master's degree to haul away their own garbage. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #3
car repair may have been less of an apt example for protection of skilled labor Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #7
"The fact that SOME people ... does not mean we should all give up on our dreams" Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #10
no. people today are calling it some aphorism for the rich and luxurious Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #17
I'm not sure who "the rest of us" is supposed to mean. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #20
+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #50
Straight from the right wing capitalist playbook - TBF Jan 2014 #9
You conjure some fiction of a world that doesn't exist just to insult me? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #11
lol - hit a nerve, huh. Not surprised. nt TBF Jan 2014 #12
Um, no; I'm stating the plainly obvious. The entire basis of your criticism is fictitious. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #14
Profit, profit, profit - TBF Jan 2014 #42
You wrote -- Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #47
What we don't need is all the $$$ in the hands of a few - TBF Jan 2014 #48
When did I ever say wealth should be concentrated in the hands of a few? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #49
When you propped up economic inequality by stating TBF Jan 2014 #51
"You are stating that some humans must be subjugated and degraded in order for others to benefit." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #54
Dumb to demand equality for others? TBF Jan 2014 #55
Again, you are fabricating your outrage. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #60
"Yet these are all necessary occupations. Some people take jobs because they need the money ..." TBF Jan 2014 #61
Which part of it is untrue? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #62
The fact that you are NOT outraged by the economic inequality TBF Jan 2014 #63
Before you even joined this thread I had written to the OP -- Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #66
"pointless state of perpetual pissed-offedness" TBF Jan 2014 #75
wow Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #80
Yes, wow TBF Jan 2014 #81
I stand by each of those statements without apology. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #83
I disagree with your entire premise TBF Jan 2014 #88
Not long ago I was reading Livy, the ancient Roman historian. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #94
Wow! As an uninvolved bystander, I'd say .... oldhippie Jan 2014 #65
Thank-you but Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #67
Agree .... oldhippie Jan 2014 #68
I appreciate your kind words and salient observation. Thank-you again. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #72
How sad that we must look at discussions as winning or losing. Do you count the number of rhett o rick Jan 2014 #74
Yeah, because ..... oldhippie Jan 2014 #76
So you are saying that since other DU posters do it, you can do it? rhett o rick Jan 2014 #78
No, I didn't say that ... oldhippie Jan 2014 #79
Weren't we just discussing Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #85
If that "40% of the wealth" comment refers to the Walton family (and I'm betting it does) A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #73
I stand by my comments on economic inequality - TBF Jan 2014 #90
I don't argue your comments on economic inequality. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #92
Of course - hyperbole was not intended TBF Jan 2014 #93
Fair enough. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #95
ATMs? We used to have Bank Clerks to do all those transactions. Credit cards? We used to need sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #82
Don't tell TBF because you might be accused of wanting to subjugate humans or something. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #84
Is this really necessary? Seems low even for you. nt TBF Jan 2014 #87
What? You want machines to relive people of drudgery. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2014 #89
Some degreed people start at the bottom of these jobs so they can move up knowledgeably and advance ancianita Jan 2014 #23
And the other message - Chris Christie is the worst person in the world EVER! truedelphi Jan 2014 #5
I sort of agree ... but Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #6
True, but then what we should be discussing TBF Jan 2014 #8
Yes, I agree, but Arugula Latte Jan 2014 #13
Because it benefits the powerful YoungDemCA Jan 2014 #15
Yes - their lackeys do. But there aren't so many TBF Jan 2014 #40
I think a lot of people still trust authority.. YoungDemCA Jan 2014 #69
Excellent point - TBF Jan 2014 #77
College should not be as expensive as it is. grntuscarora Jan 2014 #16
The "DWYL" OP was about how "DWYL" is used to blame the 99% for their problems. phantom power Jan 2014 #18
no. most people don't do what they want out of fear. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #19
There is a lot of fear when you are a paycheck or two from homelessness PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #36
The point of employment is *selling* the hours of your life as profitably as possible. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #22
I've known young friends who did skilled labor work first, THEN afforded their college work after. ancianita Jan 2014 #25
no reason such things should be mutually exclusive fishwax Jan 2014 #96
"college is both" lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #97
disparaging trade schools is a rather different issue fishwax Jan 2014 #98
I'm a big fan of my local community college. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2014 #99
I've recently discovered professional lawn care. obxhead Jan 2014 #26
I come from a family of Educators. davidthegnome Jan 2014 #27
Very profound and well-thought post. YoungDemCA Jan 2014 #28
"When profit comes first, everyone loses." Unfortunatley, not everybody. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2014 #30
I respectfully disagree. davidthegnome Jan 2014 #32
I totally agree that the're not running the world in a way that benefits the human race. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2014 #34
Their lives would be better, too. davidthegnome Jan 2014 #35
I think the problem is that unless the entire earth is blown to smithereens, the 1% will remain Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2014 #38
Your gem is near the end - TBF Jan 2014 #41
You should make this an OP. Excellent post, thank you! sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #86
This message was self-deleted by its author jeff47 Jan 2014 #31
Interesting lib87 Jan 2014 #37
Is this the third time I have agreed with you? I'm getting really worried sabrina 1 Jan 2014 #39
Why yes..that was me. :) Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #43
This is the first time I have agreed with PW. I am disappointed in you Vattel Jan 2014 #46
du rec. xchrom Jan 2014 #44
Anecdotally, I might advise someone not to go to college or to put it off at least... Hippo_Tron Jan 2014 #45
thank you! I can get behind that message. Public officials should be holding out higher education Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #56
+1000 YoungDemCA Jan 2014 #71
I used to believe "college" educated a person which led to a better life. I no longer do. BrotherIvan Jan 2014 #52
when I have more time I will share my story. But suffice to say I disagree with some of your broad Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #57
I never advocated online universities. They are nothing but degree mills BrotherIvan Jan 2014 #58
I know. I'm just sharing my personal limits on what is "relevant" higher education Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #59
Agreed. Those are scams. BrotherIvan Jan 2014 #64
Education isn't a key to prosperity anymore. Or not nearly so much. Orsino Jan 2014 #53
OK, adding my two cents here... Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2014 #70
"Do what you love and love what you do" is elitist crap alarimer Jan 2014 #91
I have to agree with you on that one. redruddyred Jun 2014 #100
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