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Point it out to them.

I think everyone should try volunteering to help in a disaster area. I did it in the 1990's when the Mississippi river had a major flood. It was quite the experience.

That may be true but two wrongs never make a right.

It took about 10 years before the destruction caused by the Xenia, Ohio tornado in the 70's wasn't apparently visible anymore.

It is hypocritical as hell of them but one of my Christian values, that many red staters don't seem to share, is to turn the other cheek and to do my duty as a Christian.

Most of the so caled "red states" are hypocritical as hell about spending. Most of them recieve significantly more federal dollars than what they pay in taxes despite all their anti-tax,...

You don't think the cost of college is become excessive?

Don't call me "Junior" Grandpa!

Well a number of factors, cuts in both federal and State expenditures in education, expenential growth of administration and student services and the fact that any...

He's just being "The Dude".

Dude.....don't take The Dude (aka Topspin) to seriously. He just likes to throw insults around like monkeys throw poop at the zoo. It's half the fun of posting on JPP. He's actually one of the more...

Lighten up Frances!

Crhist almighty! No wonder it's called "University of Spoiled Children"!

Dude.....you need to go demand you money back. ;)

And most of that extra jack isn't being spent on their academic mission either.

Since State funded Universities are not free market institutions in the first place I'd have no problem with caping...

Like hell. The rate of inflation on a college education since I graduated is over 1,000%!

Not another fucking gun thread! GROAN!!!!

Trust me...I've worked in academia......you couldn't be more wrong. If the Greedy Old Pricks ran academia a Bachelors degree would cost a million.

Well I don't know about free. I do agree that our higher educational system is broken in that it costs far to much leaving to many talented and ambitious kids sitting on the sideline and that...

The problem with that Wacko is that higher education has become prohibitively expensive for far to many people. Institutions of higher education keep spending astronomical amounts of money on...

I didn't say that it hadn't. I'm just saying that its impact is exagerated compared to the impact technology has had.

The key to America's prosperity isn't building more factories to employ more...

You are right they are all factors. There is a quest by employers for cheap labor but labor is like any other commodity, the law of supply and demand applies and if there's great demand for skilled...

I'm sorry you think that but those are the facts. Look at the chart Dung posted. It tells the story right there. It shows that our industrial productiving has nearly tripled in 40 years while at the...

Oh no....I'm only arguing for the displacement of unskilled labor has been more greatly impacted by technology than it has been by outsourcing.

But skilled labor is a highly sought after...

Don'tknow but having spent over 15 years in an industrial environment I can tell you that's a bogus argument. An old obsolete plant with 50 year old equipment can't compete against the race to the...

I don't think your charts address the issue of skilled workers. It's essentially validating what I Billy and I have stated that technology has impacted labor more than outsourcing has as shown by the...