While the US used to be a rich country, an increasing number of Americans now are living in poverty. Half of the people in the US have no savings and cannot raise $400 on a day's notice. Politicians refuse to address the death of the middle class because they created the bad economic conditions. [...]
New York is adopting free tuition under the Excelsior Scholarship. “Excelsior” is a reference to the state’s motto, and supposedly how lawmakers envision the recipients. But if students will be reaching “still higher,” they will do so while standing on the backs of others.
Repayment rates on student loans have been grossly exaggerated.
Dying of drugs and despair — causes of death in the working class, from a 2015 study. by Gaius PubliusPart of the surprising primary-season discovery that Trump was popular, was the discovery of where he was popular. Put bluntly, he was popular where people, especially working class people, were dying.
The cost of college compared to other consumer costs, 1985–2011 (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius Publius "I feel like a lot of the stuff Hillary does, you can see when she is trying to, like, earn the youth vote, and it just doesn't work," Nick Chanko, 20, who goes to school in Montreal but votes in New York,
Cost of college, 1985 through 2012, compared to other consumer costs (source; click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusI'd like to put a simple idea in front of you, a connection between the predatory student debt scam and the military.
And your U.S. citizenship is your prison sentence.
