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Warren Stupidity

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Wed May 23, 2012, 10:29 AM

May 2012

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The stat is bullshit, but even if it weren't what a gigantic screwage of a generation that would be. By the way, dumping all those people out of school and into the job market, even if they are just gummint jobs, would not exactly help do anything other than make matters worse.

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With only a 50% graduate/job rate. Should freshman classes be suspend for 5 yrs, [View all] CK_John May 2012 OP

That statistic has already been discredited scheming daemons May 2012 #1

Studied done for AP and other studies refute that. Also what do you think to rate is. your CK_John May 2012 #11

even if true, of course not, how silly would yhat be? bowens43 May 2012 #2

All those freshmen should just play X-box games until the economy recovers. FSogol May 2012 #4

What's so silly, choice is to shut down 50% of all univ. CK_John May 2012 #13

And what should all the employees of Universities do? FSogol May 2012 #18

Right. And which universities do you shut down? Javaman May 2012 #27

Mitt says that out of work college students should borrow $20-30k from their parents FSogol May 2012 #3

And what would those displaced freshmen be doing MineralMan May 2012 #5

You beat me to that! GObamaGO May 2012 #8

Read the post, CCC, Peace C, And non combat service. nt. CK_John May 2012 #16

Yes, I saw that, thanks. MineralMan May 2012 #28

the right wing is stone walling on any jobs creation, Javaman May 2012 #29

What are the Freshman aged kids supposed to do in the meantime? GObamaGO May 2012 #6

There are basically zero non combat jobs in the military obamanut2012 May 2012 #12

So now they have no job, and high student loans that start within a yr. CK_John May 2012 #19

Where are we finding the money for those infrastructure projects? GObamaGO May 2012 #30

LOL we have millions of people perfectly qualified to do that work.. Javaman May 2012 #31

We already have a huge unemployed population MineralMan May 2012 #34

I think you are romanticizing HS grad rates and what can be done without a degree. CK_John May 2012 #37

How many recent HS grads do you know? MineralMan May 2012 #38

WTF? jberryhill May 2012 #7

Wrong, high ed has never been about education, but building a work force for industry. CK_John May 2012 #20

ummm.... jberryhill May 2012 #23

Until 1950's only 6% of the population went to college. The GI Bill CK_John May 2012 #24

In the 1950s, they built a sewer system in my home town. MineralMan May 2012 #36

I really hope you are being sarcastic with this post. white_wolf May 2012 #41

The college industry depends on people not doing the ROI math. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #43

Unfortunately it pretty much has to be the aim of an education to get a job when it's so expensive.. Fumesucker May 2012 #22

This is one of those... 99Forever May 2012 #9

If you'd been here a few years, you'd notice that most of CK_John's posts are like that scheming daemons May 2012 #15

I call these types of posts... Javaman May 2012 #32

No obamanut2012 May 2012 #10

No. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #14

Jobs aren't going to catch up FarCenter May 2012 #17

This must be a "Swiftian" proposal cthulu2016 May 2012 #21

A Modest Proposal? Eat the Freshmen! FSogol May 2012 #25

No. We should decrease work hours, increase the minimum wage, increase vacation time... hunter May 2012 #26

+1 GObamaGO May 2012 #33

I think that higher education should be available at minimal cost to anyone who wants LanternWaste May 2012 #35

Perhaps we could just encourage more kids to take up trades/majors that are employable 4th law of robotics May 2012 #39

well, we could just eat them instead. provis99 May 2012 #40

This proposition is absurd. Zanzoobar May 2012 #42

Yeah, and all those union professors XemaSab May 2012 #44

Just the freshman class would be affected. Those in school would work CK_John May 2012 #45

We're being conditioned to accept that unemployment will remain at 6.5-8% Earth_First May 2012 #46