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TheMastersNemesis

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1. The Education Myth

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Feb 18, 2012, 11:19 AM

Feb 2012

The education meme is largely a myth in today's environment. We have large numbers of college educated Americans who are working for "dirt wages". Reich is right the issue is livable wages for Americans of ALL levels of education. If capitalism cannot provide a decent living for workers of all levels of skill, it is a failure.

The dirty little secret is that business does not want to provide living wages and it says it cannot provide them. While business gives all the money to CEO's and starves workers it does not get criticized for its behavior. Business gets a pass no matter how exploitive it becomes.

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The Education Myth TheMastersNemesis Feb 2012 #1

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