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In reply to the discussion: Hillary vs Bernie re: supporter point of view [View all]jwirr
(39,215 posts)investment in our country. That was one of the underlying basics for LBJ's war on poverty.
And at that time we fully understood that education was a good investment. It allowed more people to pay into the revenue. It allowed for better trained workers. It allowed for workers to be a bigger part of the economy - spending they did to improve their lifestyle. It allowed for entrepreneurial opportunities. And a lot more things that work in favor of not only the people but also our nation. It allowed us to increase the number of teachers, doctors, nurses etc that we needed in our economy.
Today education cost too much for most people. They do not want to owe a debt that they will never be able to pay off in their lifetime. And I doubt that Bernie expects the rich to get away with not paying into this. After all they are the ones most likely to benefit from better trained workers.
One of the sayings back then was "What if that child in the ghetto has the cure for cancer in him but we do not educate him?"