Anyone who willfully and intentionally takes on $100k in debt for a degree in Social Work or Nutrition and Athletics is only a victim of their own stupidity.
It is almost like some people do the stupidest shit imaginable and take school for what interests them, rather than doing an analysis of what the market will provide for income once they graduate in their chosen field and what the likelihood of a favorable placement in said field is.
Probably triggered by the username. I think Dan knew exactly what he was doing when he joined in 2002...
It's also not the responsibility for tax payers to bail out businesses that made bad decisions as well but, oh no, we can't let capitalism actually do what's it's supposed to do and allow businesses to fail due to bad decision making on part of those companies leadership teams now can we? Why are individuals in this country who are guilty of making poor choices so quickly vilified and told to "boot strap up" but corporations are not?
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As a secondary teacher I’ve never heard of RICA, but after reviewing the scope of the test, it looks daunting. And it’s all part of moving the goalposts, which the CCTC loves to do. All that used to be on the job training. Very few teachers achieve mastery before 3-5 years of classroom experience. You know, like mentoring POST graduates as an FTO. There are very few people coming in with the skill set to be effective, it’s learned gradually.
New teachers are expected to compete in pedagogical Olympics after elementary swim lessons. That said, these over prepared newbs are really putting the pedal to the metal on substantive and necessary reform from where I sit. I help them navigate institutional and behavioral vagaries and they up my game by bringing the current research and applications. With a side dish of language policing and trauma informed practice.
The financial reform thing: we had it, with separation of asset pools, but neoliberal Clinton-era rollbacks (bipartisan) killed that regulation. Now, big money houses BUILD IN bailout protection and precedents to their risk assessment. IIRC up to 70% of TARP money was paid back. PPP was substantially more fraudy as a program.
If we move to the national service model with lots of non-military options in exchange for college fee waivers, it would juice the economy and improve individual outcomes without enriching intermediaries and lenders.
Congress can adopt any spending program, to expend the money, that congress believes will serve the general welfare.
And Congress is given broad latitude in deciding what will serve the general welfare.
In fact, never in all of American history has a tax been declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it doesn't serve the general welfare. Never has a spending program been declared unconstitutional on the grounds that it doesn't serve the general welfare.
—Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley Law
tl/dr: Article I, Section 8, god bless it, serving teh general welfare.
