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lumberjack_jeff

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6. Education too. A job title that looks good in a business card...

Reply to HughBeaumont (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2015, 11:27 AM

Oct 2015

... is worth whatever debt required to obtain it.

Otherwise, how would anyone know how much better you are than the plumber?

That's why the pushback about free community college - it drives up the price of superiority - now a masters degree will be the price of admission to the cool kids club.

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Regarding the conservative position of keeping health care unaffordable . . . . [View all] HughBeaumont Oct 2015 OP

There has always been an bit of this in our overall cultural jwirr Oct 2015 #1

Good post. HughBeaumont Oct 2015 #2

Excellent point regarding religion. Especially the difference jwirr Oct 2015 #3

It's not enough for the rich to be rich. Everybody else must be poor and oppressed librechik Oct 2015 #4

JFK brought the subject up... Octafish Oct 2015 #5

Education too. A job title that looks good in a business card... lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #6

Are we talking about healthcare Facility Inspector Oct 2015 #7