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On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 03:11:37 AM MST, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On 2023-01-01 02:24, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a> said on Sat, 31 Dec 2022 18:40:37 -0700<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> Steve,<br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Why is our education system what it is today?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> 3 decades of cheaping out public education. Constant drumbeat of<br clear="none">> anti-teacher assertions. Drugs and crime you'd expect from a lot<br clear="none">> of (but not all) children of uneducated parents.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Who caused that? Who is in charge of our education system?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Who moved all the businesses off shore?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The corporations.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I say it the U.S. Legislature though faulty policy.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Why are illegal aliens able to take jobs away from American Citizens?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Because we de-facto permit it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Who caused this?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I say it the U.S. Legislature. In 1986 Ronald Reagan gave amnesty with <br clear="none">the agreement there would be a fence. Amnesty was the wrong solution <br clear="none">and not building the fence was a broken promise that has exasperates the <br clear="none">problem. It has been said the left wants illegal aliens as voters and <br clear="none">the right wants cheap labor.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> Who is responsible for our immigration?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> The government.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">So why has somewhere abound 5 million illegals aliens entered our <br clear="none">country this year? Policy. In D.C.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> Who is responsible for H1B visas?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Corporations pay politicians to get cheap labor, so the politicians<br clear="none">> allow obscene numbers of H1-Bs, while older technologists find new work<br clear="none">> as Walmart greeters. It's disgusting.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I agree. We are back to the U.S. Legislature.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I made friend with a guy at Walmart that was a COBOL programmer until <br clear="none">they off-shored his job. Sad story.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> How many trust fund babies are there in America?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> According to<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2021/10/27/3-common-misconceptions-about-trust-fund-kids/?sh=71909c447b64" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/qai/2021/10/27/3-common-misconceptions-about-trust-fund-kids/?sh=71909c447b64</a><br clear="none">> , 1.3% of the population receives money in a trust fund, so that would<br clear="none">> be about 4.3 million Americans. However, the article makes it clear<br clear="none">> that only some of them receive big bucks.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The only problem I see here is these people are being cheated out of the <br clear="none">struggle of becoming productive and making a living,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I was really speaking of the ultra-rich. According to<br clear="none">> https://www.thekickassentrepreneur.com/millionaires-in-america/#:~:text=And%20about%2034%2C507%20households%20have,or%20100%20million%20net%20worth.<br clear="none">> there are 34,507 households with a net worth of $100 million.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> Does every person need to graduate college?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> No.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Agreed however this generation is being told they need to complete a BA <br clear="none">or BS.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">>> I have been reading and hearing the trades are going unfilled, why is<br clear="none">>> that?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> According to my next door neighbor who is a plumbing contractor, "kids<br clear="none">> these days" don't want to get their hands dirty with physical work. And<br clear="none">> he was offering $20/hr to start in Orlando, Florida, which is pretty<br clear="none">> good. And as soon as they got the hang of it, he'd give them $25. But<br clear="none">> nobody bit.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I'm hearing the same stories. Could the root of this be in D.C.? <br clear="none">Everyone was sent checks and some were given large unemployment <br clear="none">payments. Some or maybe many found it unnecessary to work.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Why does it cost upwards of $10k a semester to go to a AZ state<br clear="none">>> university?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Because college in most cases is a racket and is class warfare.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Again I point to D.C. They fund it and the universities have found they <br clear="none">can over charge. If it is class warfare who is causing this class <br clear="none">warfare?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> SteveT<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Steve Litt<br clear="none">> Autumn 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm" target="_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm</a><br clear="none">> ---------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">> PLUG-discuss mailing list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br clear="none">> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><div class="yqt9278901458" id="yqtfd29637"><br clear="none">---------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">PLUG-discuss mailing list: <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a><br clear="none">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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