We as a nation need to focus on educating our poor. Just as important as we need to reform our educational system with one of the top 5 systems....
17th is bull shit.
ok, and then do what with them?
have a bunch of educated welfare bums? Under Obama we've had SIX YEARS of over 7% unemployment...we already have people with college degrees working at McDonalds, etc because there are NO JOBS
Conservatives seem to think of the great recession and the ensuing financial meltdown like it was some kind slightly oversized speed bump in a 15 mph school zone which unduly bucks a driver who drove a mere 5 mph over the speed limit.
WRONG!
The hit to our economy was more like a huge pot hole in the middle of a turnpike. Therefore, it should be no shock to ANYONE that the damage to our economy was serious and will take several years to recover from. It wouldn't surprise me if it takes well over a decade. And what are we trying to recover from? In part, it's conservative supply side economics, massive deregulation which conservatives also championed, and globalization which was embraced by both political parties to help enrich the already rich who, by the way, are doing quite fine even as most everyone else is just barely getting by.