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Originally Posted by STLRAY
I was born with no marketable skills. I found out as a teenager that the jobs available to me with no skills were unpleasant and paid very little. With two years in community college and two more in a affordable state college I could earn far more with much less effort. I guess I could have bitched and moaned about how unfair my lot in life was. Getting my butt in gear and getting trained to do something that paid well seems like a more effective strategy. I am sympathetic to the plight of people with no marketable skills. I used to be one of those people. I am not sure demanding that the government force my boss to pay me more than I am worth will be an effective strategy long term.
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In Florida kids can get free tuition through Bright Future scholarships which are paid for through lottery sale proceeds. So they can get a free college education AND gain valuable job experience (customer service, cash handling, working under pressure/deadlines) because the entry level restaurant/retail jobs are so plentiful in this state.