Time to stop wasting the minds of a whole generation | The Irish Times
While along way off the horrific kind of youth unemployment seen in Spain (>50%) it seems the US still has problens (16.5% equivalent level currently). Romney's advice to this vulnerable section of society doesn't seem to be doing much to negate his image of a member of the aloof elite who can't appreciate how it is for 'ordinary' people:
"some advice Mitt Romney gave to college students during an appearance last week: After denouncing President Barack Obama’s “divisiveness”, the candidate told his audience, “Take a shot, go for it, take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business.”
The first thing you notice here is, of course, the Romney touch – the distinctive lack of empathy for those who weren’t born into affluent families, who can’t rely on the Bank of Mom and Dad to finance their ambitions. But the rest of the remark is just as bad in its own way.I mean, “get the education”? And pay for it how? Tuition at public colleges and universities has soared, in part thanks to sharp reductions in state aid. Romney isn’t proposing anything that would fix that; he is, however, a strong supporter of the Ryan budget plan, which would drastically cut federal student aid, causing roughly one million students to lose their Pell grants. "
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