-"Puling" is becoming a popular word here.

Yeah, I borrowed it from someone. Not sure how much it's being used but I think I've used it twice or so.

-Generalization and strawman alert.

Is that for Corky who made the generalizing statement?

As to everything else you responded with.....thank you for being calm and rational.

"It's not an assumption".

that was a poor term to use. I should have said "assertion".

Like most of you, I have a viewpoint on this issue that's carved in part by my personal experiences.

My parents were not educated. I'm the youngest of 5......none of my older siblings had an education beyond high school.

I had to truly embrace education for myself because nobody in my family understood the value of it. My parents wanted the best for me but they didn't understand the value of an education beyond that of say a Doctor or Dentist or some profession that outright required a certain kind of education. THAT they understood.

But the value of a business degree and getting a job in sales and develop an expertise in something (like commercial insurance)?

None of them understood that. They were clearly envious of anybody who did well (sans doctors, dentists, etc) and dismissed their success as being political, connections, luck, inheritance, etc....but no credit given to an education. They just couldn't make the connection.

I'm rambling here but just being open and transparent.

-I frankly am not enthused by what I see in the Eurodescendant workforce ethic of 20-year-olds.

But that's been the viewpoint of people your age towards the 20 year olds for at least the last 50 years.

IOW, 60-70 year olds have been scared of 20 year olds for a long long time.

-You only need to be brought up in a house where the only book is an unread Bible.

Are you of the opinion that's a lot of houses? And to be more specific.....houses where people vote?

I know many republicans in office. State level and a few at the Federal level.

I don't think it's as simple as some here need it to be....that if there is an "R" after your name, then you view education as a threat.

Certainly that's a stretch if the republican in office has a very good education themselves and realizes the benefit. Is it an assumption that republican is sinister enough to know the value of an education so to cut support of education, it ensures a dumb and ignorant constituency and a solid base to keep where you want them?

I'm not saying you're wrong...just clarifying what you mean when "MAGA hates edumacation" type comments are thrown out.

-I have great admiration for actuarial science,

Too bad insurance companies don't. They don't trust anything.

-You're here for attention.

If that's true, then so are you. Especially when you post fantastic hysterical lying rants like you did.

-Everyone deserves healthcare, I don't care what they did to themselves. GFY eberly.

Are you literally on drugs, Alex? I didn't say anything about denying someone healthcare. That was about Clownshack lying out his reamed out ass for attention and your ignoring it.

Take your own goddam advice, you ------- puling loser.

I suppose it's true idiots fear smart people but I'm not sure it's "fear" that drives the behavior of idiots.

They're.....idiots afterall.

They loathe smarter, more successful people. They believe anybody who has done better than themselves was born on 3rd base, had their advantages and excuses their own bad choices away with comments like that.

Look at this place as a great example. Hell, even this very thread.

But really it's just people crying over not getting what they want. They expect to be fed what they want, with zero effort on their part.

And keep crying over the results.