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General Category => Editorial/Opinion/Blogs => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 29, 2017, 09:06:30 am
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July 29, 2017
Training Americans for Dependency One Bite at a Time
By Robert Weissberg
Over the last century America has gone from a nation that prized self-reliance to one where millions seem unbothered by dependency. For a political leader just to hint at curtailing entitlements or adding a work requirement certifies him as evil. This is hardly surprising is that Washington itself promotes dependency and this training for irresponsibility begins early in life. Long before a youngster can vote, he or she learns, regardless of what economist say, that there really is such a thing as a free lunch.
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Most school clubs meet at lunch time.
Colleges put a ridiculous amount of importance on clubs and extra-curricular activities when considering admissions.
The author's "training in work habits and avoiding dependancy" suggested thus reduces the chances of poorer students to get a decent job, since most of them need some useless bit of paper and it's associated lifetime debt.
Pretty smooth move.