# OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD

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**Created:** [January 3, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192 "2008-01-03T18:04:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/375 "2008-02-21T13:56:26Z")

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> [@Fry](#):
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> Once upon a time you only needed to work hard to reach middle class, then you needed a high school diploma and a union job, then a 2 year college education would take you places, now bachelors degrees are getting to be the bare minimum to be middle class, masters degrees preferred.
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> Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that school should be totally socialized. But making it more accessible will help keep the workforce productive in the future.

thats pretty much what it boils down to.

And, you want highly skilled positions to come BACK to the USofA? This is what has to happen, regardless of how it may be subsidized.

The 100k & 1000k student loan debts are different argument… the cost of education has its own economic models, which are a bit out of hand IMO.

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