Cost of Education

 When I started community college, full time tuition for a semester was $70. With minimum wage at $1.60 it took 44 hours of work to pay tuition for the term. 

Now the average tuition cost for a state college is $5,370 a semester and with a minimum wage of $7.25, that would take 740 hours of work to pay tuition for the term. 

That is outrageous. We need fewer expensive ships and planes and to put that money into education.

We are saddling students with debts that become almost impossible to pay off. We say we want an educated workforce, but we aren't willing to pay for it.

What is sad is when I see someone saying, 'I paid off my student loans, why should these people get a free ride?'

For this country to continue to be prosperous, we need to have people educated and healthy. Instead, we put the burden for these things on people who are in many cases least able to afford them.

It's time to put aside the mentality of 'I've got mine, screw you', and get everyone taken care of, not just the wealthy and the big corporations.

Do Not Call List

 The idea of the Do Not Call list is great, but with no real enforcement, it is effectively useless. 

It does not deter robo calls or spam calls in the slightest. 

I put my number on the Do Not Call list, which did nothing. I've reported the numbers and times of the calls, to no effect. I've talked to the people and told them not to call, but they still do. I unplugged the landline for a week, but it made no difference. I have picked up the calls without speaking, which didn't help. 

I've had ten such calls already today and it isn't even 12:30 yet.