I did a search on this story but didn't find anything. If I missed it please let me know and I'll delete this. Hil's my senator, but Christ the more I see how she operates, the more I'm disappointed in her. The latest disappointment can be read about
here
Jonathan Tasini tells us about this asinine report,
Saving the American Dream authored by DLC members Hilary Clinton, Tom Carper, and Tom Vilsack that claims:
..... "College is the key to whether America will get ahead in a competitive world, and whether we can expand and strengthen the middle class here at home," says the report authored by Sens. Hillary Clinton and Tom Carper and Gov. Tom Vilsack. "We propose a plan to produce one million more college graduates a year by 2015--so that within a decade, more than half our young people will finish college with a degree."
Now the author of this piece is quick to point out that there is nothing wrong with a college degree and there's no doubt that's true. However he also points out that as a country we are essentially over educated:
Here are some facts. There is no college gap. We're over-educated. That point has been made repeatedly (see for example Michael Handel's book on education and skills). The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that post-secondary school training will be required for only 30 percent of openings occurring through 2010. And if you look at all jobs--new and old--the BLS statistics for the years 2000-2010 (the most recent ten-year study) projects that the jobs requiring more than a high school education will grow only from 29 to 31 percent over 2000-2010.
Mr. Tasini points out several reasons Americans are struggling so much now: stagnant wage increases, "free trade" agreements that sell American workers down the drain(Hil voted for the most recent Oman FTA), lack of affordable health care, and maybe the most important for American worker's- the slow death of the union movement. This "Saving the American Dream" report mentions none of this.
I wanted to try to get through this without swearing, but I just have to put this in:
EFF YOU HILARY-JUST EFF YOU