If there is one thing I've learned over the course of my 60 years on this planet, it's that just because you have a college education, it doesn't necessarily mean you're any smarter than someone who doesn't. And one of the best examples of that was very clearly demonstrated back in 2008 when so many college kids thought it would be a great idea to vote for Barry. They're now essentially reaping that which they so enthusiastically, sowed. Things haven't worked out to well for them, not to mention the rest of us. The vast majority of those same folks are now living back at home with mommy and daddy, and if they have managed to get a job, it is nowhere near related to the degree they 'earned.'
Now what brings me to the point of even asking such a question, is a recent comment made by our 'Dear Beloved Leader', Barry "Almighty" when on Wednesday, he said to a jobless law school grad during some online chat, "I understand how tough it is out there for recent grads," adding "long-term," things will get better he said, but he couldn't make any promises about "our immediate economic challenges." He went on to say, "So don't be discouraged -- we didn't get into this fix overnight, and we won't get out overnight, but we are making progress and with your help will make more." Don't be discouraged? And once again all he could do was to blame others, even though he has done nothing but make matters so very much worse.
In what was described as being an "interview" with users of some online news-and-comment website called Reddit, Barry took a question from some individual who had recently graduated from what was described as a "top law school" and now had some pretty hefty student loans to repay, and has as of yet been unable to find a job. Sounding ever the idealist, this person said, "While I'm sure my immediate prospects will improve in time, it's difficult to be optimistic about the future knowing that my ability to live a productive life -- to have a fulfilling career, to buy a house, to someday raise a family -- is hampered by my debt and the bleak economic outlook for young people."
The individual doing the asking said that he knows many people who are similarly demoralized, particularly young people who, like himself, campaigned for Barry in 2008: Why should they vote for Barry again? "What hope can you offer us for your second term?," the law school grad asked. What hope is Barry offering? Anyway that question prompted Barry to launch into his standard sales pitch as he mentioned his health care law, the student loan bill, "advanced manufacturing," his green energy policy, as well as those tax hikes on the evil wealthy: "You're right -- your long term prospects are great, but that doesn't help in the short term," Barry responded. I'm curious though, whose term prospects is it, exactly, that look great?
Of course, as always, Barry did what he does best in an effort to put lipstick on what has been a pig of a first term and proceeded to do his best to perhaps bribe those listening into voting for him this time around. He said "Obviously some of the steps we have taken already help young people at the start of their careers. Because of the health care bill, you can stay on your parent's plan until you're twenty six. Because of our student loan bill, we are lowering the debt burdens that young people have to carry." Now if these 'kids' are stupid enough to buy that line of BS, then I guess their also stupid enough to vote for Barry yet again. Which, I'm afraid, doesn't speak well for their level of intelligence.
Barry continued to preach his standard class warfare crap, spreading it on pretty thick saying, "But the key for your future, and all our futures, is an economy that is growing and creating solid middle class jobs -- and that's why the choice in this election is so important. The other party has two ideas for growth -- more tax cuts for the wealthy (paid for by raising tax burdens on the middle class and gutting investments like education) and getting rid of regulations we've put in place to control the excesses on wall street and help consumers. These ideas have been tried, they didn't work, and will make the economy worse." Like anyone could make the economy any worse than Barry has.
And on he went, "I want to keep promoting advanced manufacturing that will bring jobs back to America, promote all-American energy sources (including wind and solar), keep investing in education and make college more affordable, rebuild our infrastructure, invest in science, and reduce our deficit in a balanced way with prudent spending cuts and higher taxes on folks making more than $250,000/year." Ya know, but what he fails to mention here is the fact that it'll probably be one of those folks making over $250,000/year who will hire these students. That is unless, of course, they're forced into sending even more of their money off Washington, in which case, they probably won't be hiring anybody.
Since Barry is a guy who's always been excellent at having all manner of excuses at the ready, he droned on by saying, "I don't promise that this will solve all our immediate economic challenges, but my plans will lay the foundation for long term growth for your generation, and for generations to follow. So don't be discouraged - we didn't get into this fix overnight, and we won't get out overnight, but we are making progress and with your help will make more." So while he hasn't managed to do anything in the last four years but to make things worse, these younger folks are being asked to just stick with him. An who knows, they just might. I don’t have much confidence in this younger generation.
The bottom line is that our young college graduates of today have a big decision to make, and it's one may have some pretty long last effects since it will determine just what kind of future they will be able to enjoy for themselves. Their fate is essentially in their hands, but unfortunately, so, might be, the fate of the rest of us. They have to decide whether or not they wish to have the opportunity to take advantage of their potential to the fullest, or to earn only as much as Barry says that they may earn, and how much of it they will be required to give to the government. So, is that what these people want, to be told how much, or how little, they will be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their hard work?
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