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re: Americas two biggest problems can be fixed very simply
Posted on 4/10/19 at 9:19 am to BFIV
Posted on 4/10/19 at 9:19 am to BFIV
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Thank you! Been saying this for years. This "everybody needs to get a college degree" mantra is just a money grab by the college industries and student loan programs. We will always need millwrights, pipefitters, welders, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, etc.
The ironic part is the focus on classical education and college has exponentially increased the demand for tradework which has hurt the number of available tradesmen while concomitantly decreasing the need for "smart" people.
If everyone has a degree then they arent that special, right?
But, since everyone is focused on book smarts, people have, for the most part, forgotten how to work with their hands. I cant tell you how many friends of mine cant do simple electrical work or even something like fixing a toilet. Thats a $300 call minimum to your local electrician or plumber. for something that takes them maybe 5 minutes to fix. those prices are only going to go up because there are less and less plumbers and more and more "smart" people that need their toilets fixed. Its madness.
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:17 am to UnitedFruitCompany
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I cant tell you how many friends of mine cant do simple electrical work or even something like fixing a toilet.
Amen to that. I replaced the radiator on Mama BFIV's van yesterday. Cost me $220.00 bucks for a radiator and some scraped knuckles and grease on my hands. Shop wanted over 400 bucks to do the same thing. The shop guys aren't college educated, either. They're tradesmen and master mechanics who are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make a good living.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:23 am to Brightside Bengal
I'm not sure obesity it the prime driver for Healthcare costs. I know a lot of people who are healthy that came down with cancer.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:34 am to Brightside Bengal
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accountable to not bring children into this world until they can afford it
Except you can't abort it. And we won't teach you about safe sex, or help you get contraception.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:37 am to BamaAtl
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Except you can't abort it. And we won't teach you about safe sex, or help you get contraception.
More lies from the board liar.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:38 am to Brightside Bengal
HC costs are high because America is fat and lazy.
Red tape is an issue which the free market would fix.
Also we pay our doctors very well compared to Europe and Canada. Universal HC advocates will not cop to this but they need to slash doctor salaries by 50% in order to make HC hit affordability numbers = to Europe/Canada. It’s a nonstarter.
Red tape is an issue which the free market would fix.
Also we pay our doctors very well compared to Europe and Canada. Universal HC advocates will not cop to this but they need to slash doctor salaries by 50% in order to make HC hit affordability numbers = to Europe/Canada. It’s a nonstarter.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:38 am to roadGator
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roadGator
Ok, champ. Link me to the Republican party's platform advocating for comprehensive sex ed in schools, and access to contraception, and support for abortion rights.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:41 am to BamaAtl
Ask a republican.
You still lie.
Free condoms abound.
Parents should be the ones to talk about sex.
You are just mad because sane people expect more from our kids and take responsibility for them and their upbringing.
You still lie.
Free condoms abound.
Parents should be the ones to talk about sex.
You are just mad because sane people expect more from our kids and take responsibility for them and their upbringing.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 12:34 pm to roadGator
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Ask a republican.
I'm asking you. Show me where your party supports these things I'm telling you they don't support.
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Parents should be the ones to talk about sex.
Lotta parents around you are certified educators, hmm?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 12:35 pm to BamaAtl
quote:You babble on about all sorts of things are you "certified"?
Lotta parents around you are certified educators, hmm?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 12:43 pm to rantfan
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I had a very high paying job when my three kids were born but because
You're the exception.
Too many people working the in Home Depot lumber yard think it's perfectly fine to bring children into the world and then just hope for the best (and gov assistance).
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:01 pm to BamaAtl
Ask a republican.
Parents need to be certified to be responsible? Yikes. No wonder milenials are less happy.
Parents need to be certified to be responsible? Yikes. No wonder milenials are less happy.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:07 pm to NikolaiJakov
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I'm not sure obesity it the prime driver for Healthcare costs. I know a lot of people who are healthy that came down with cancer.
40% of adult Americans are obese. Think about that number for a moment. What percent of Americans are diagnosed with cancer?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:08 pm to roadGator
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Ask a republican.
I'm asking you. Why does your party not support those things?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:11 pm to BamaAtl
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BamaAtl
Why do you work for a company that sucks at the teat of the taxpayer ?
Why don't you and your ilk , support yourselves and your ideas instead of reaching into others pockets ?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:15 pm to Brightside Bengal
Obesity is not just a drain on govt expenditures on health care. Obese people get paid govt checks for disability. A 500 pound person cannot work. They can barely make it out of bed to take a crap and they certainly can't reach their arse to wipe.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:16 pm to Brightside Bengal
Personal accountability is something that most Americans in the 21st century have a very hard time with. It is out #1 biggest problem. It is always someone else's fault. Always.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:16 pm to 93and99
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Why do you work for a company that sucks at the teat of the taxpayer ?
Sorry, I can't hear you over our multi-billion dollar endowment.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:19 pm to BamaAtl
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BamaAtl
You were raised without a man in the house weren't you ?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 1:19 pm to BamaAtl
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Lotta parents around you are certified educators, hmm?
What? You need a certification to teach someone about sex? What?
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