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I received this link from Ted McDonald in an Email and felt it was my duty to present here for your edification and consideration - Bobby Tony
On this Sunday Morning, you should consider this as an alternative to paying taxes to support the poor and under privileged.
I offer this as a public service. Please consider joining this movement. It is truly a worthy cause that will help us support the younger generation that has been left behind by an uncaring government and educational system.
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On this Sunday Morning, you should consider this as an alternative to paying taxes to support the poor and under privileged.
I offer this as a public service. Please consider joining this movement. It is truly a worthy cause that will help us support the younger generation that has been left behind by an uncaring government and educational system.
PLEASE OPEN YOUR HEART AND POCKETBOOK FOR THESE POOR MILLENNIALS
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Stan Deatherage said:
( October 24th, 2016 @ 10:14 am )
Hey Ted, if this problem persists that too many of our people remain unproductive and continue to live in basements: Fascist Liberals will legislate that we stop building basements.
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B.T., we could put together a bunch of posts out of our comments from this funny little video.
I familiar with Mike Powers, and advocated his/my ideas long before there was a Mike Powers on the tube. Now, I am back at advocating again for a variety of reasons, not least of which: There are few people who want to work because they do not need to work, and less still who are really good at their jobs. Why? Not enough competition for the jobs done, too many people not allocated to the right jobs, and too few allocated to the real jobs. The 'everyone should go to college decree' is a directive to provide only one purpose: Create the fodder to fill the space of colleges, and then reap that financial benefit. What this nation has now succeeded in doing is to create yet another entitlement society, this one run by mostly by Liberals, who have only one true purpose - education for educators' sake. |
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You are dead on target with this. If education was the main goal, then sports, research and all the other distractions would be outside the non-profit sector and be on a GAAP paying basis. I had a rant on public education when I was trying to see if free tuition was a feasible idea. A quick look at any University shows it is a jobs program for professors and administrators and not necessarily an educational endeavor. 2012 was the last data from the UNC site. Revenue and Expenses shown below from their annual report. Tuition does not pay for the salaries and benefits, so for the most part it is already pretty much free or at least heavily subsidized with grants, research and various other revenue. I'm not picking on UNC but was looking at the University of Georgia. However, UNC is not much different than UGA.
 Click on picture for a larger view I must admit thought that if you follow the link in the picture you will see a very professional advertising brochure before the financials. It does appear that Beaufort County Community College is a much better skills institution based on the articles here. As usual local institutions almost always Trump (sorry) mega universities in delivering useful education. If I were a resident there that would be my choice of schools. I am a big supporter and contributor to MIKEROWEWORKS. He is the Dirty Jobs guy and has a foundation that offers scholarships for craft skills training. Google it it is worth the look. |
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You are right on all counts B.T.
I don't absolve the Millennials, or their collective parents, the "mostly baby-boomer generation", for this generation's pitiable collective intellect and their collective lack of work ethic, but I do know the Education Industry quite well, and this I do know: What the Education Industry offers is, by far, the worst value for our public and private money in the history of these United States. We spend far too much money, and we receive far too little, and for the most part, what constitutes the Education Industry does care. The Education Industry has bravely forged a direction way off course from what constitutes a proper education, streamlined to best educate our People, and every American should demand accountability, and they should demand it NOW. How do you fix it? First, demand accountability from the politicians that fund this behemoth of inefficiency, and then attack the problem at its source: Break up the Education Industry's pure monopoly that is in control, primarily, to fund this leviathan of inadequacy to the pure detriment of the American student and the American taxpayer. Second, hold parents and students responsible for their ambivalence toward their familial betterment - to be smarter, better Americans. Cut off their money too. |
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I agree with you but the millennials are not totally at fault. Excerpt from one of my early morning rant writings:
They have been fooled into a system not based on economics. In what alternative universe do we have a system that loans money to someone who has no creditable ability to pay the loan back? In almost every situation where money is borrowed the credit history, assets and the expected income stream is compared to the expenses to determine if the borrower can pay back the loan. It has been said that most graduates in these times will have to change careers "X" times over their life. That often requires retraining or additional education. In a true market-oriented economy the buyer will look for the best bargain for the value they receive. In our current education system, the buyer is making a time investment of 4-6 years with a payback of over ten years or longer. Normally the cost of an item (Tuition) is a measure of the value of that item. Would it not make sense for the tuition of certain majors reflect the value that society puts on that education? If the demand for basket weaving was high, the cost (tuition) of that major should reflect the supply and demand curve. Instead, we have a set tuition system for all majors that allows students to borrow money and pursue a major that will not generate enough income to pay the loan back. On top of that the government will guarantee the loan. |
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Try hiring them.
Many believe that they are wise beyond their years, and then the reality settles in real fast in a very apparent manner. The really smart Millennials, who possess a work ethic and humility already have jobs. Then there is the class that are blinded by an obstructed vision of reality. All Millennials are not infected with this malady; however, there are many that are. You know the Education Industry has not helped much to instill robust intelligence in those that are under their spell, and, obviously, could be part of the problem. In truth, I have sympathy for this grouping of Millennials. |
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When Jerry, one of my friends from high school, graduated his parents moved into a two bedroom apartment. He had a younger brother still in school. After they got finished moving in he asked his dad where he was going to sleep and his dad replied, "Son this if fine for your mom, me and Ronnie, you are on your own now."
Here is another twist on the story. When my brother was about 34 years old, his company transferred him back to Atlanta from Florida but told him not to buy a house, as he would be transferred to Phillips 66 headquarters in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Jim moved back in with mom and dad. About a year later, he was transferred to OK. For years, he told everybody he was not going to treat his kids the way his parents treated him and kicked him out when he was 35. As Paul Harvey would say."Here's the rest of the story:. My brother's 26 year old son is living over his three car garage in the bonus room man cave. My son recently built a house on 10 acres in Carroll County. First thing I asked when I saw it was "where is my room". He said "Dad this is fine for Millie and I, you are on your own." I guess he had heard Jerry's story a few times over the years. When my mother died in 1999 I was 54 years old but my old room was just the way it was when I graduated from High School. That is not a millennial thing, it is an Italian thing. I will be the first to tell you that knowing I had a home base if needed allowed me to take a few chances in my career. |
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I have 5 friends with 30-year-olds in the basement. Sad but true.
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Ted, if you are out there. Thank-you so much for bringing this worthy cause to our needful attention.
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This is so moving. It makes me want to pay the bus fair for one of these sad characters to attend an "Occupy" protest, or a Bernie Sanders rally, it The Bern can ever mounts a comeback.
And, if any Millennials reading this need a participation trophy, I have a closet full. Back when I was a soccer coach, the parents wanted me to give the team, mostly ten year olds, the trophies even though they had only won two games all season, but I refused because the parent sponsored trophies referred to this winning deficient team as "Champions", and I somehow thought that inappropriate. Now, I realize how wrong I was. |
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All Credit to TMC for the link, I knew you would get a kick out of this.
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