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Sometimes you can’t state the obvious often enough.
As a country in ways big and small we keep erecting barriers to employment and are constantly surprised that people, especially men, aren’t entering the workforce. It really is a form of madness.
As you make clear, it’s a complicated and multifaceted problem that can’t be solved with simple minded -- especially simple minded ideological -- approaches.
The same is true with college. Make it really expensive, increasingly irrelevant to employment, and then wonder why fewer members of a shrinking class of potential students are saying no.
On the bright side, I also see reasons for hope in changes like Pennsylvania dropping degree requirements where they don’t make sense.
Next, I hope we can start getting rid of licensing requirements whose sole purpose is eliminating competition for trades and professions.
I met Josh at Pittsburgh Pride last year. He's got the right ideas at the right time. Now if only our state legislature wasn't full of buffoons maybe we could get somewhere.
Sometimes you can’t state the obvious often enough.
As a country in ways big and small we keep erecting barriers to employment and are constantly surprised that people, especially men, aren’t entering the workforce. It really is a form of madness.
As you make clear, it’s a complicated and multifaceted problem that can’t be solved with simple minded -- especially simple minded ideological -- approaches.
The same is true with college. Make it really expensive, increasingly irrelevant to employment, and then wonder why fewer members of a shrinking class of potential students are saying no.
On the bright side, I also see reasons for hope in changes like Pennsylvania dropping degree requirements where they don’t make sense.
Next, I hope we can start getting rid of licensing requirements whose sole purpose is eliminating competition for trades and professions.
That would be great
I met Josh at Pittsburgh Pride last year. He's got the right ideas at the right time. Now if only our state legislature wasn't full of buffoons maybe we could get somewhere.
I’m so glad to hear that! And it’s funny how important timing is… to everything