Engineers need to be able to reason logically. Your post proves you don't. People hiring engineers can usually spot this. Here it is:
"Average debt for bachelors degree: $35,000+
Average debt for masters degree: $77,000+
So to get both you must go into about $105,000 in debt"
Se how illogical that is?
Pure logic says they aren't doing everything right.
I entered the workforce in 1979. I saw older people had all the money, the young people struggled to make ends meet. I decided it was easier to take care of my own affairs than to protest and complain that the system was rigged. Guess what? I'm happily retired.
So, you're saying Brandi is about as patriotic as they come?
To be clear, some people criticize and defy the government when the government stands up for the rule of law and our Constitutional rights, while others criticize and defy when the government fails to uphold the rule of law and our Constitutional rights. In my observation Brandi falls into the second camp, the only camp a real patriot would fall into.
@PatsyDiabetes End meat dependency? What's that supposed to mean? That my canine teeth don't get to do what they were designed to do? You sound really brainwashed.
@ThaisEscufon This is precisely why freedom of speech is so important. Who are we as individuals if we can't say the truth (or the lies for that matter) even if it's what we really think.
@kevinleeus@christopherrufo The problem isn't requiring certification, it's that taxpayer money is being spent in a discriminatory manner. Public contracts go to the qualified low bid. Never have irrelevant factors like skin color or sexual orientation been part of the formula.
Why don't you become a builder and build some apartments of your own? Increased supply would help lower rents and you would be on the receiving end of the rent payments! You could even reserve one of them for yourself so you wouldn't have to bitch about how much it costs for other people to provide you with housing.
You are delusional if you think a wealth tax would "level the playing field", LOL!
That's not what built America, it was competition letting those who provided the most value to society rise to the top, not levelling everyone to the median. That's a recipe for a system that is non-self-sustaining.
Bernie and Elizabeth have been hard at work on that problem for damn near a combined century! But they have made zero headway. You know why? Because they think the answer is attacking successful people, taking their money and giving it to people who don't have as much. It doesn't work. Elon has been sharing his secrets of success with young people for over a decade, but most people don't want to hear it, because it takes dedication and hard work with no guarantee of success. They want everything handed to them.
It's funny, when you let TV journalists tell us how much SpaceX is worth you get a much lower number than when you let people with billions to invest tell us how much it's worth. All the hand-wringing over value is for naught, let investors value it, it's worth whatever someone is willing to buy if for and someone is also willing to sell it for. Nobody wants to pay more for it than they have to.
OK, so you're saying, in your opinion Musk is not REALLY worth that big number the media keeps telling us he's worth in order to drum up resentment? That it's just paper wealth invented by overly optimistic investors with billions of dollars to invest?
Hmmmm, who would have thunk? Remember all the media laughter when Elon took Tesla public in 2010 (back when electric powered cars were thought to be impractical)? Who is laughing now that EVs fill our cities and make the air cleaner for millions? Oh, that's right, the TV pundits who missed out on Tesla and have no clue when it comes to the space economy!
This is a confusing post.
I know not everyone is a financial expert at age 18, but why would anyone borrow $110,000 for a college degree? Is it because they are incompetent at doing anything useful and need a degree to prop them up? And who takes out an $850K mortgage before they have more than enough income to support it? Who spends $45K to get married unless they have saved up more than that? It costs less than $1K to get married, marriage is about love and commitment, not trying to pretend like you're already rich!
Why do young people today feel so entitled to all the trappings of wealth before they have done anything to earn it? Is it because they spent their childhood getting "participation awards" just for being there?