thranx said:
Perhaps with their added funds their friends and family can give a helping hand. I am not heartless or stupind. Do you think people have no heart? If your mother/brother/sister/son is sick would you not help them?
OK. I don't believe it will work, but I accept your viewpoint.
I personaly believe in the long run a society that values hard work wil be able to overcome more problems and advance farther than a society that rewards not working, or taking someones hard earned money. America got pretty far with out all of these prgrams, and the states that have the most of them (california) are worse offf than those with the least of them (texas)
When I lived in Texas for three years, the huge disparity between the wealthy white people who lived in the south of town and the poor black people with burnt out cars on their lawns and high crime rates in the north was worse than anything I've seen in any other US state or EU country. Texas as a whole may be prosperous but the racism and inequality are deplorable.
People have always had disabilities and grown old, they have survived this long with out all of this some how I think they will find a way.
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Edit: As someone who grew up fairly poor in the US I can tell you we all have access to eucation. I know of no one who wanted to go to school who could not. We have community colleges, trade schools, and universities. But at the same time not everyone should go to school for four years. In my profffesion it would not help me at all.
Oh, everyone gets to go to high school. I went to a US elementary school and the schoolwork was at a much lower level for the age than the UK, plus they refused to teach evolution or world history (preferring only Texan history and causing every kid in my class to never talk to me again as I didn't believe in God. I had to pull out and be homeschooled shortly after).
Sure, not every job needs university. But there are plenty of US people who are good enough to go to the very best universities and cannot afford it. That is not right. At the same time, money increases your chances of going to the top institutions.
How can they not afford it? Can you give me numbers? I only have the money I have gotten from working. I started my job at min wage in a resturant when I was 16 (just as my bro before me who completed four years at college) I bought my own car with said money, helped my mother pay bills with said money, and I also went to community college until it was determeined by me that I would be better off working more and saving so I could start my own business, had I decided school was best I would still be in school. I take this back to having a job, even minimun wage as being more important than some enitity paying my way for everything. It made me make choices with my money to value certain things more than others. I don't spend a fortune on clothes, junk food, alchohol, fancy cars.
Whereas I applied from an average state school to Cambridge and my fees are low, the same as any other college/uni, and ALL those who need financial help recieve it. Much better, since universal education benefits everyone.
Good, I agree with the same, I guess its just which services, for me it would police, fire, upto a highschool education, and national security (armed forces)
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