The Case Against College Entitlements : Why We Don’t Need More Public Funding For Higher Education

@idealtypical I lacked the capacity to decide what I wanted from college (& life) & channel my energy toward pursuing it. This is often mistaken for ‘a lack of work ethic’. Our present economy illustrates that ‘hard work’ only gets you so far. The USA is FILLED w/ young adults, willing & mature enough to work hard. Trouble is, nobody’s hiring them. So, they lack—along w/health ins & income—meaningful outlets for their energy/ambitions, stuck in M&D’s basement, delaying marriage, kids, adulthood.

Ryan is here to talk you into giving it all you have to the rich

@idealtypical My college experience was similar. I went on a full-ride academic scholarship, and it still slapped me in the face. I was a double major (Chemistry/ Biology) and it took two years to figure out how to study and prioritize my time. I wasn’t partying, but my scholarship was long gone by then. I made it within four years, but I was near the top of my high school class (top 5% of 500), and I still struggled. If I went when I was 20, it would have been a much easier transition.

Murray obtained a B.A. in history from Harvard in 1965 and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1974.[3]

So he gets his educations and then tells us not to get educated.
Where would he be without that education. Working at Walmart part-time, greeting people.

@idealtypical Education takes a basic knowledge, from which to build on, and a mature work ethic. This is where many 18 year olds fall short. Thus, are not ready to handle college.

most jobs don’t need a college education. What a waste of resources. And with everyone having a college degree, now we need it just to work at Starbucks

Aww.. Paul Ryan is sooo dreamy….

@thomaserossi I know what you mean.  People who have some brains and some common sense knows that goal of college isn’t to educate, but to stamp out creativity, individuality, independent thinking, and good old common sense. There are many graduates who only got a piece of paper worth 100k of debt to show for their qualifications. Shit, it’s a legalized racket, I tell you. If you are one of those people that went to college with massive debt left over, warn others about the college con.

@1XMarksSpot – True. Very true. Government-backed student loans, grants, and tax dollars supporting schools have flooded dollars into the College system which in turn has allowed Leftist stupidity to reach its apex. People come out of college believing that taxes inherently create wealth, success, and a better world. All the while those who don’t go live in the real world, pay taxes, and see the suffering it causes.

Paul Ryan is just as big government as obama. he voted for the patriot act and his budget plan just shuffles money around for big business.

@redblue18700 How about you just improve your High schools instead? That would be the place to start, not college.

@dadecountyhustler305 — I guess I’m what you might call a progressive, & I agree with your first point wholeheartedly.

I have to disagree, however, w/the suggestion that progressives have the market cornered on making bullshit claims re ‘what the founders would have wanted’. As for ‘equality’, Adams & Jefferson, e.g., did favor state-funded education for bright kids from poor households.

But today’s edu. system would be almost unrecognizable to them, as would its bloated systems of financing.

@dadecountyhustler305 — Not sure exactly what you mean to respond to & in what way you mean ‘utopia visionaries’. That they wanted to eradicate vestiges of title, privilege & birthright like aristocracy & state-sponsored clergy is inarguable. In that sense, they were just about as radically ‘Utopian’ as could be.

Yet. they weren’t ‘pie-in-the-sky’ dreamers, but practical men—autodidacts—who would look in horror @ today’s higher ed—& ‘credentialing’—as puffed-up, pretentious &, yes, European.