• @kmartburrito
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    I totally get your sentiment here, but don’t they do this by (at minimum at least) the legislation that they try to put in place? Student Loan forgiveness. Expanding educational opportunities. Access to healthcare. Providing more sustainable and green energy sources. Better pay and protections for working Americans. These initiatives constantly get shot down by the other side, and then people blame Democrats for not forcing it through. As long as we have one side actively torpedoing the other’s efforts, we can’t put the blame on the people trying to do something. Just my two cents though. Plus you have the uneducated people that align with conservatives that think they are the recipients of their platform’s initiatives, when it really goes to the top 1%. So they stay in power to continue the grift.

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      You don’t need a college degree to work in the trades. This is a point of contention because I’ve heard people say many times they don’t want their tax dollars going towards someone’s liberal arts degree. I’m a wastewater operator. I have a degree but allot of the people I work with don’t.

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        I agree - we need a much higher focus on trades. My education angle wasn’t towards post graduate though. My wife is an elementary school teacher and teachers are underfunded, continually having their curriculum watered down, and we are seeing across the board privatization of education and erosion of the foundation of education itself. That’s diminishing access to education.

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      These initiatives constantly get shot down by the other side, and then people blame Democrats for not forcing it through.

      I blame the Democrats for consistently finding just enough no votes when we give them a majority.