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In reply to the discussion: The State Of The Job Market Job Seeking Process Is Reducing Applicants To Desperate Beggars. [View all]seabeckind
(1,957 posts)The GI Bill provided the means for much of our citizenry to obtain an education that prior to the war would not have occurred.
Maybe Obama should quit talking about how much the people need to go get training and provide a strong gov't drive to help give the student a direct incentive. Determine those fields most necessary for our national interest and give aid and fellowships with a contractual obligation to do public work. Eg, medical training with a placement in needed locales that would eliminate the education debt when the contractual period is over.
Next -- start using executive orders to get rid of that old state's rights idea that the corporations use to bypass national interests.
Vouchers indeed -- but this time for societal needs, not some ....
Long ago our entire eduational thrust shifted because of a beep from space.