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Permalink Reply by Robin Jackson on October 13, 2011 at 8:54am

Ranger, I believe you are 100% right! That situation is a huge one and is a part of the protesters complaints and legit I might add.

Permalink Reply by craig on October 15, 2011 at 10:00pm

Ahhh, actually you are mostly wrong in stating that the Federal Reserve Board is a gov't  regulated entity. It is easy to find this out, but here is a snippet from Wikipedia..."...... the Federal Reserve is independent within government in that "its decisions do not have to be ratified by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branch of government."

You are absolutely right about their role and who they are though.

I think those that listen to Fox news are more in tune with this concept than the average person who despises Fox.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Elsie Gibbs on October 13, 2011 at 8:21am

First: not everyone needs or wants a University degree to earn a good living. We taught our kids that the education you pay for is for you and MIGHT be a bonus when looking for a job.

Second: the Universities have raised tuition every year well over inflation. The unions have made the Public Education field (k-grad school) one of the best paid government careers. If you want to complain then Occupy the Campus seems to be a better choice. The Feds have hired collection agencies and now want to allow cell phones to be called for Federal Education Loans.

Third: as for banks and housing. Change your bank and purchase a home you can afford. You home is not your piggy bank. Many of us have homes that we can afford. The bigger the house the more "stuff" it needs and all that "stuff" tend to come from other countries.

We need to use what we have here and not expect to be given everything we want. I believe that if we use the gas, coal and oil that we have here and start giving our small and medium mfg's a break from regulations ( yes even from the min wage after all unemployment comp for low wage earners is lower then the min wage) we as a country will rebound with good jobs and see growth. Lets get the states to reward the job creators and not the people that have found a way to game the system.

Permalink Reply by Robin Jackson on October 13, 2011 at 9:02am

I like this post.

Permalink Reply by LW on October 13, 2011 at 9:12am

Absolutely!  We are all sucked into this "you have to go to college mode".  The University costs are out of hand and it is too easy for young people to borrow and the banks  actually offer a lot of extra borrowing for living expenses, etc.   I think that's where the debt really piles on, when they borrow to live.  Why not a job instead?  That's why  the community colleges are such a good way to start.  My kids have and will continue to attend there first.     I was carried away earlier when over worrying about my older kids education debt earlier.  I just hate the idea of any debt, especially for ones so young, but  it works for them and it was their choice.  Thankfully they did not fall for the credit cards applications that were sent daily.   How can an 18 year old with a part-time job qualify for a $1000.00 line of credit?     I think the 2 years at community also give them the opportunity to really decide what they want.  

 

Absolutely agree with housing also, except I think a  house is still a good long term investment.   But it must be affordable! 

Permalink Reply by Robin Jackson on October 13, 2011 at 9:22am

Ditto!

 

Permalink Reply by LW on October 13, 2011 at 9:35am

Btw, Robin, one of mine graduated from Temple.  Another wants to go there next year.

Permalink Reply by Brian V. on October 13, 2011 at 3:19pm

IMHO, what needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom is government, election process and political parties. We the sheeple have been brain-washed into fighting over who's right, Liberals or Conservatives, and all the while both parties are just as corrupt and useless to this nation as the other. This country needs to completely ban campaign contrabutions and evenly distribute campaign funding to all parties. We need to demand more of these two main parties or get rid of them completely. They both have so much power. When an independent rises he or she is quickly squashed by the system and both parties together. Read about Jesse Ventura's experiences in being in the highest office ever by an Independent. The CIA was sent to question him on his campaign after winning. This country is being destroyed by the corruption we vote into place because 1) we choose between the lesser of two evils and 2) we no longer wish to put forth the effort required to keep up with the corrution or to educate ourselves on today's issues and how they are being handled by those in office.

Permalink Reply by Kathleen Elsie Gibbs on October 13, 2011 at 3:23pm

The only thing I would change in your post is that all candidates should get the money evenly not the parties.

Permalink Reply by Brian V. on October 13, 2011 at 3:44pm

Agreed.

Permalink Reply by LW on October 13, 2011 at 4:02pm

Well said.

Permalink Reply by craig on October 15, 2011 at 11:06am

Nice post Brian,

I'd like to add one more thing.....Impose a 2 term limit on ALL elected officials. Which I believe would solve even more of the inherent problems we have been experiencing.

 

 

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