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Old 11-04-2020, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by STLRAY View Post
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.
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.