To the editor:
A four-year degree is not quite enough. Having two or three sources of income is not a bad idea. Why? There are six reasons to keep in mind: 1) mergers, 2) hostile takeovers, 3) leveraged buyouts, 4) free-trade agreements, 5) Reagan/Bush savings and loan home loan scandal killed the economy and cost the U.S. millions of jobs, 6) Bush/Cheney home loan scandal killed the economy and cost the U.S. millions of jobs
All of the above ultimately translates into millions of U.S. job losses. Big-time layoffs are the end result. These jobs go abroad with tax codes that prevent taxation on profits made abroad from U.S. big-name corporations. There was a time when becoming employed by corporate America came with long-term employment, fine wages and dependable retirement benefits. Those days are gone.
After a four-year degree, one might consider a vocational-technical institute to become a highly skilled technician in some field. This will make any college grad more marketable and perhaps open doors to self-employment. Or, if one has the dollars, becoming a career student is as respectable as any other job.
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Did_I_say_that 1 year ago
For instance one might fancy themselves an economist or political pundit yet, make their living mowing lawns.
If a lawn mower has a reverse gear is that a backup career?
kansasplains1 1 year ago
You have a very good idea. I've commented on it extensively in my blog under Reader's Blogs, "My Commencement Speech to KU's Graduates",
But it needs to be part of the university education, not separate from it.
The amount of debt taken on today will not be paid off by many university graduates. A lot of things need to be changed at the university level if we are going to make this system work - and still have middle and lower class families involved, which they must be.
And as for the comment above, commenter "Did I say that", that is not worthy of response. Your letter is far more worthwhile than that absurd comment.
Did_I_say_that 1 year ago
Yet, respond to it you did.
To consider the comment absurd you would have to downplay the economic value of owning a lawn service. Many college graduates have earned their way out of college debt through lawn mowing and landscaping.
Please explain what is so absurd (other than the rhetorical pun)...
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
Is nekkid gardening a career path now?
Frankie8 1 year ago
It is if you charge people to take pictures of you. Just be sure to put all that money into an offshore account.
LadyJ 1 year ago
Wouldn't it make more sense to the vocational-technical institute first and then college if you were going to go that route?
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
Is there money to be made by posting the same drivel hundreds and hundreds of times on an award-winning website? (from a source)
oneeye_wilbur 1 year ago
A better back up plan is to not work at all. Live in Lawrence and reap the benefits available to all. Housing, food, medical care, transportation all within a fingers reach if one has a counselor at Bert Nash and the desire to get the "looney" check.
What is the back up plan for the push mower when it is dull?
Frankie8 1 year ago
What exactly is this "looney" check, and if all this is true then why are there mentally ill homeless. As for the mower, I would suggest sharpening the blades.
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
Richard, have you cancelled the medical insurance on yourself and your family as you have been urging others to do?
merrill 1 year ago
BRING ON EMPLOYMENT = THE GREATEST REPUBLICAN FEAR ON EARTH!!!
Repubs:
Fear a dramatically improved quality of life for all americans
Fear Jobs Jobs Jobs for americans
Fear New USA industry thus new wealth for america
Fear new cleaner energy sources because it would create so many new jobs
Fear Improved Medicare Insurance for All = huge tax dollar savings to government,public schools,small business and all of us in general. Single Payer Medicare is the answer. http://www.healthcare-now.org/
Fear Clean Collar Industries which produce jobs that cannot be outsourced
Fear educated Americans because educated Americans ask questions
The bottom line:
BRING ON EMPLOYMENT = THE GREATEST REPUBLICAN FEAR ON EARTH!!!
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
How many hundreds of times have you posted this same text, merrill? Do you even keep count?
merrill 1 year ago
The new RINO GOP platform has come to this:
Move Your Money http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/
Move Your Money http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/
Move Your Money http://moveyourmoneyproject.org/
Why vote republican ever again considering the candidates are not republicans?
Cant_have_it_both_ways 1 year ago
Merrill, maybe you can empty buckets at South Park after you get done cutting lawns. Would be a great back up plan for you and might even be in your skill level.
gl0ck0wn3r 1 year ago
Spamming your own spam-based email. Congratulations!
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
The copy/paste bot held off longer than I would have guessed.
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