So, not only is the EPA not a good idea, it is unconstitutional according to you.
I tried finding a quote where Obama said, "the best days of America are behind us." I couldn't find such a quote. Since it is YOU who is asserting Obama made such a statement, it is YOU who needs to backup your assertion. Failing to do so means that you are making up unsubstantiated *facts.*
Nothing would devalue a college degree more than basically just handing it out to people. Don't kid yourself- that's what would happen.It happens in high school,and It pretty much happens at state colleges now.
Really? How? The only changes I've seen proposed to cap gains tax is to index it to inflation. Which seems logical to me.
Nope, it's basic economics.
But if everyone can get in for free how competitive is it going to be? The current value of a BA/BS is that it (allegedly) shows the holder is more intellectually capable or better trained/educated, both because he met competitive admission standards to get in and because he was able to handle the academic load. IF everyone gets in that is gone. My question would also be if everyone is allowed in, will colleges have the faculty and facilities to handle the additional load? Will there still be admission standards?JasperL said:
Back in the dark ages when I graduated from HS California's community college system worked much like that. As I recall there was a nominal fee but admission was open to California HS grads. Even the Cal state college system only cost around $300 a semester.JasperL said:
No, it's a sound argument. Normally, I would call you on the rug for another argument of stone fallacy, but here you actually present counter-arguments. Congratulations.
True.
It happens at State colleges all the time. Some of these places are little better than for profit diploma mills, even in universities. It depends on the program of study.
Competitiveness makes no difference to his argument.
What is 'academically qualified'? The only requirement for entrance to a State college program is to pay your money and hold a high school diploma. For some courses, you don't even need the diploma.
Price controls don't work. They never have. Socialism doesn't work either. It never has. It can only exist by stealing from people. Who are you going to steal from to pay for everyone to attend State college?
Who are you to decide?
Actually, I find that someone that simply has a high school diploma can be very effective on the job, as long as they have the skills I need. This includes developers and engineers. These people are often self taught. They are motivated. They learned not because of the educational system, but despite it.
Maybe a few do. That is not 'all employers'. Price controls don't work. Neither does socialism.
I agree that not everyone needs a BA/BS, that wasn't my point. Problem is that for decades a college education has been sold to the public as the way to a brighter future and economic success and it's been beaten into parent's heads that if they don't send their children to college they've failed. IMHO the Dems are cynically try to re-sell this cliché for political gain.
Your argument is so rudimentary it's silly -- namely, that unless the department name is written in the constitution it has no legal authority. But wait, the constitution doesn't list any departments, so there should be no departments at all, according to your *reasoning.*
Well, that's the propaganda out there, but far from absolute. There's millions of job openings going begging that can be filled with far less than a college degree. And, not every degree is a ticket to success and fortune.
That is not my argument.
That is not my reasoning. I never made any such argument.
As usual, you completely missed the point of the argument that was made.
These are often requirements listed by mindless bureaucrats in HR departments. Some jobs require an advanced degree, such becoming a medical doctor or a lawyer. These, however, don't necessarily pay well or have desirable working conditions. I have seen many lawyers poor as church mice. They can barely afford an office. I have seen many doctors quite because of the government interference going on in health care right now. They've had it with the government bureaucracy. Meanwhile, a lot of very talented engineers with no college degree are making loads of money building stuff that you use every day.
If you want to send your kid to college, indeed you do.
Good. She'll not have to carry that burden around.
It's harder, but it's not impossible.