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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 10:53 AM Original message |
Krugman: Think a college degree is gonna help? ... Think again! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. the secret to getting rich isn't education |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I thought it was |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. no, that's the key to getting a neverending stream of junk mail |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Maybe because then they could afford a divorce. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That certainly seems to be the case among the rich |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Family connections mean more than having a trust fund |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. "choose your parents carefully" |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. 3 ways: steal it, marry it, inherit it (ancient italian proverb) |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. you forgot #3 |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. or "instant rebates" |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Considering that Bernanke hired Krugman... |
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European Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have always felt that a college education is way overrated-- |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. You are so right. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yes! I've observed the same thing. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Bill Gates is a college dropout |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. bill gates is atypical in many ways |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Seed? That's a whole freaking tree farm! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. but it seems so paltry compared to, what, $165 BILLION? |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Not a bad ROI 8^) |
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bballny (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Bill Gates |
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slaveplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Bill Gates daddy |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Well, it's overrated compared to having rich parents. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. Education is the most unrecognized scam in the US |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well said!! |
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Bush_Eats_Beef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best: |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Anything you master |
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bballny (456 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Ding Ding Ding |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Law? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Good observation. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. I have to take issue. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The thing is |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Education is the express lane to critical thinking. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Education is a tool that better facilitates critical thinking |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I think your tendency to generalize undermines your argument. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I see |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I didn't dismiss your argument, for God's sake. |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Not to mention, "dumbing us down" |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. well, I have a Ph.D. and professional job... |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. if it were not for a college education |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. Wow, unbelievable numbers |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Those numbers scream for attention! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. starting salary for most degreed social workers |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. One gets paid by a corporation; the other by the tax payers. nt |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. We're hiring a LOT of college graduates nowdays -- lots of post grads too |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-27-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. The problems as a college graduate that I see |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. True, and has been true for a long time. |
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