There
are some things that I just don’t understand.
And they infuriate me. But there
must be a sane answer. Right?
Let’s
look at the cost of a college education.
Some top schools have a price tag of a quarter-million dollars. They have low acceptance rates. People clamor to get into them, can’t afford to pay, and don’t necessarily have a career that really pays for the cost of that degree. And why are these schools charging so much when their buildings have been around a long time and they don’t pay professors well?
These schools have multi-billion-dollar-endowments earning a ton of money. They get state and federal grants, tax cuts, and other breaks. They may have sports teams that yield big donations, generate revenue, and act as recruitment tools. They may lease out space, hold profitable events, or get research funds from the government or corporations. They get paid by students for a semester-long internship where the teachers don’t teach and the kids supply free or low-cost labor to companies that may even pay schools for the applicants. It’s one big money machine!
And yet, so many people are in debt from student loans and companies complain that millions of jobs are unfilled by qualified personnel. Something just doesn’t make sense here.
Some top schools have a price tag of a quarter-million dollars. They have low acceptance rates. People clamor to get into them, can’t afford to pay, and don’t necessarily have a career that really pays for the cost of that degree. And why are these schools charging so much when their buildings have been around a long time and they don’t pay professors well?
These schools have multi-billion-dollar-endowments earning a ton of money. They get state and federal grants, tax cuts, and other breaks. They may have sports teams that yield big donations, generate revenue, and act as recruitment tools. They may lease out space, hold profitable events, or get research funds from the government or corporations. They get paid by students for a semester-long internship where the teachers don’t teach and the kids supply free or low-cost labor to companies that may even pay schools for the applicants. It’s one big money machine!
And yet, so many people are in debt from student loans and companies complain that millions of jobs are unfilled by qualified personnel. Something just doesn’t make sense here.
Then
you look at the military and though you want to feel safe and secure, you have
to wonder why the budget keeps rising beyond inflation every year – and this is
without a major war going on.
Why do we still have so many troops when today’s war is fought with technology, missiles, and planes?
The federal government exceeds 20 trillion dollars in debt during a time of prosperity, adding to the annual deficit like never before. How can the country sustain this?
Why do we still have so many troops when today’s war is fought with technology, missiles, and planes?
The federal government exceeds 20 trillion dollars in debt during a time of prosperity, adding to the annual deficit like never before. How can the country sustain this?
Healthcare
is another enigma for most people.
The cost is out of control and the nation is no healthier for it. Life expectancy has not grown of late – even with all of the health knowledge, resources, surgeries, tools of prevention, and access to medicines. As many as 400,000 die annually due to medical error. Millions more die from preventable diseases and addictions. The government is paying zillions to cover healthcare, but it needs a better ROI. Companies and citizens are going broke trying to pay premiums that well exceed inflation. Our politicians pontificate, declare, threaten, and quibble – but do little to help address the nation’s No. 1 problem. Why?
The cost is out of control and the nation is no healthier for it. Life expectancy has not grown of late – even with all of the health knowledge, resources, surgeries, tools of prevention, and access to medicines. As many as 400,000 die annually due to medical error. Millions more die from preventable diseases and addictions. The government is paying zillions to cover healthcare, but it needs a better ROI. Companies and citizens are going broke trying to pay premiums that well exceed inflation. Our politicians pontificate, declare, threaten, and quibble – but do little to help address the nation’s No. 1 problem. Why?
Then
there’s immigration.
Some want to alienate us and keep everyone out. Others want to let every criminal and welfare case in. We don’t know what to do with illegals here and we can’t seem to negotiate a reasonable solution. No one wins with such chaos. Why can’t anything be done?
Some want to alienate us and keep everyone out. Others want to let every criminal and welfare case in. We don’t know what to do with illegals here and we can’t seem to negotiate a reasonable solution. No one wins with such chaos. Why can’t anything be done?
Don’t
get me wrong. I’m not running for
president nor do I have all of the solutions.
But I’m tired of asking the same questions and hoping that those in a
position of power will do something – the right thing.
I’m
not alone. People are tired and fed
up. America seems divided, misinformed,
and angry. How is this going to
end? What must happen in order for the
nation to move forward, not as blue vs. red or 50 entities, but as one, united
country?
All
that we do is argue with each other, rather than listen, change, and work
together I’m just as guilty of it. But I
want to change, too. I want to be a part
of a new movement, one that brings our best together rather than brings out the
worst in each of us.
Maybe
we’ve become side-tracked with chronic hot-button issues, where we debate and dismiss, and nothing gets done. Things like gun control and
abortion have been long discussed and yet the nation is divided. .We need to solve the problems that
impact almost everyone, ones that should be solved with brains and not bias,
where politics are secondary to governance where we rally our best ideas and
resources together to deal, once and for all, with the things that most
realistically impact our welfare, morality, and health?
It’s time to actually fix some problems and to stop settling on respecting the right to disagree. We need to do something other than tweet at each other. We need a change for the better.
It’s time to actually fix some problems and to stop settling on respecting the right to disagree. We need to do something other than tweet at each other. We need a change for the better.
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