AN INVESTMENT IN AMERICA'S FUTURE?

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    LafayetteBis Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Manufacturing has long-since hightailed it to Central America. So what remains are the Services Industries - but they typically require some sort of post-secondary education.

    Income unfairness is largely a matter of educational level, or lack thereof. The higher your accomplished degree, the better income a graduate will obtain.

    Here are some "old figures" (2009) regarding who gets a post-secondary degree:
    *84% - High Income Families
    *67% - Middle Income Families
    *55% - Low Income Families

    And which of the above needs most that higher-level of education that they can obtain for a decently low cost - let's say no more than $500 a year! But that is nowhere near today's costs!

    See here:
    According to College Board, published tuition fees for 2018/19 at state colleges are an average of US$10,230 for state residents, and $26,290 for everyone else. This compares to an average of $35,830 at private non-profit colleges.

    So, where might a family at the Poverty Threshold of $26K (family of four) get that above funding today ... ?
     

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    AND THEN THERE'S THE MATTER OF VOTER TURNOUT

    By income level from here:
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    If the poor don't vote in sufficient numbers they can do nothing about their plight of being poor ... !
     
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