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| John Kerry Compiling ’Misery Index’ |
| 2004-04-12 |
| John Kerry is broadening his economic assault on President Bush with a "misery index" that suggests a combination of soaring college and health care costs and stagnant incomes have battered working families during Bush’s term, campaign documents obtained Sunday showed. Read the rest at the link. Shades of Jimmah Cahtah! The Dem-o-Rats just have to make sure everybody’s miserable; otherwise, they would be. Give it a rest, willya? Fred, change the "file under" topic if you want. I was torn between this one and "Fifth Column." |
| Posted by:Barbara Skolaut bskolaut@hotmail.com |
| #6 I ran across an article on the Internet a couple of years ago that matched degrees awarded with the number of jobs available specifically mentioning a requirement for that degree. Unfortunately, I can't find it at the moment. I'll try to do a search over the next couple of days to see if I can relocate it. One of the surprises was the number of degrees being issued for which there was not a SINGLE JOB matching the degree requirements - several thousand annually. There were dozens of listings showing hundreds of graduates annually, while the number of available jobs were less than a dozen. Those are pretty poor odds. The thing is, most college counsellors know this, and can steer a student in the right direction - IF THE STUDENT IS SMART ENOUGH TO ASK. Unforunately, with our dumbed-down "education" establishment... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-04-12 10:00:14 PM |
| #5 Not sure what you mean by that halfempty. But I wanted to say that if you don't look at the end worth of your studies then your are a fool. Being a Art Major might be fun. Being able to discuss (and dicern) paintings might win you some chick points but there are damn few jobs in that sector. Same thing with a Degree in Women's Studies. Great if you are joining NOW, but it won't buy you that new house or pay off your college loans. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-04-12 5:03:47 PM |
| #4 If you spent four years getting a degree in Spanish, Women’s Studies, Art history, or Psychology im supposed to feel sorrow? us english magers doing hard time under the heal of bushitler, |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty 2004-04-12 4:26:21 PM |
| #3 I just got my monthly Veterans rag and they were asking (last month) for any positive inputs from veterans on JF Kerry. Guess what? None were sent to the editor! Come to think of it, has he actually talk to any Veterans group or active duty personnel? Aside from the rent-a-mob and DNC koolaid drinkers is there any groundswell with any veterans group to support Kerry? Sorry to be off topic but so is the ‘Misery Index.’ If you go to college and get a ‘real’ degree you should have no trouble finding gainful employment after graduation. You might have to move out of your parents house but there are jobs out there. If you spent four years getting a degree in Spanish, Women’s Studies, Art history, or Psychology you might the job market a bit ‘soft’ at this time. In that case you may want to stay in college a couple extra semesters and get a double major in Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or Teaching. All of these are high job growth sectors in the next TEN years. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-04-12 1:55:25 PM |
| #2 WHen it comes to the "traditional" misery index, Dubya's doing fine. Thus, they have to concoct a tailor-made index that will make Dubya look bad, while sparing carter and clinton. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-04-12 10:32:32 AM |
| #1 What a great idea! National Maliase the Sequel. The original worked so well for the peanut farmer, I hope it works as well for Monsuer Kerry. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-04-12 8:30:16 AM |