|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
On 06 Apr 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some news:vsuqjt$7gp$1@panix3.panix.com:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do.
Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$1@panix3.panix.com:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do.
Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$1@panix3.panix.com:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to
do. Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math "" <https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teac hing-remedial-math/>
pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
news:vt4b0n$37o6o$2@dont-email.me:
On 2025-04-08, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
On 4/8/25 3:07 AM, collateral wrote:
On 06 Apr 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$1@panix3.panix.com:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to
do. Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
And throw firebombs at American-made e-cars
and synagogues ......
An 'Ivy League' degree is mostly just toilet paper
these days. Now some of the 2nd-tier schools still
seem mostly OK. but US ed is still NOT what it used
to be. You're not buying an education anymore, but
a piece of paper. People demand that piece of paper
even if they never showed up at a single class.
"Ivy League" sci/tech still seems relatively good, but
the Liberal Arts ... no, no, no ...... hire somebody
from Lower Podunk Community College ............
Talk about discussion timing... There was a "student loan activist" on George Noory recently talking about this very thing, Alan Collinge I
think. I believe this is the episode.
https://news.iheart.com/featured/coast-to-coast-am/content/coast2coastam- student-loan-crisis-ghost-investigations/
So much for an Ivy League "edumacation"
""Harvard University: The Ivy League teaching remedial math ""
<https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/opinion/harvard-univ-the-ivy-league-teac
hing-remedial-math/>
Noory gets some nuts on there every now and then, but this was an
intelligent episode and pointed out how the student loans of today are virtually unrepayable for various reasons, specifically predatory lending practices.
There was discussion of how poorly liberal arts degrees prepared anyone
for employment post grad. Depends on the degree, but there are some
really stupid ones out there these days. The gist was that in many cases they couldn't make enough to pay the loan back in a reasonable amount of
time and refinancing only made it worse. COVID was a disaster all around because it increased payments for some.
Anyhow, the guest was making the point that on the low side there is $1.2 trillion in student loan debt that would likely have to be forgiven
because the debtors couldn't make enough to pay it back and afford basic living expenses.
It was interesting and had good points.
On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 07:07:11 -0000 (UTC), collateral <always@some.org>
On 06 Apr 2025, bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) posted some
news:vsuqjt$7gp$1@panix3.panix.com:
|
| [Commerce Secretary Howard] Lutnick: "The army of millions
| and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to
| make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to
| America."
That's the only thing modern liberal degrees qualify the holders to do.
Turn screwdrivers and push brooms.
Then why are those exactly the kind of jobs MAGA wants back?
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