Re:Why do you think people are poor?
by learc83 on Friday June 22, 2012 @12:14AM
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>There's a reason this isn't taught in public schools folks - it's because the people at the top want more for themselves and less for you.
While I agree with you that schools should do more to encourage people to own their own business, do you really think school curriculums in the US are decided by a shadowy cabal of the wealthy?
Whether to teach business and entrepreneurship would be almost entirely up to the local school district. There are thousands of them and each one is independent--that's a pretty far reaching conspiracy. I know members of my local school board, and I can assure you they aren't part of the "people at the top" trying to keep the poor man down.
The real reason people more people aren't self employed is that we've managed to link health insurance with employment.
Re:Why do you think people are poor?
by flyinRyan on Friday June 22, 2012 @06:59AM
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Read/Watch "Manufacturing consent". It doesn't need to be a wide spread conspiracy. Once you get some kind of environment established people lower down the tree will perpetuate it themselves with no outside stimulus.
While I agree with you that schools should do more to encourage people to own their own business, do you really think school curriculums in the US are decided by a shadowy cabal of the wealthy?
Whether to teach business and entrepreneurship would be almost entirely up to the local school district. There are thousands of them and each one is independent--that's a pretty far reaching conspiracy. I know members of my local school board, and I can assure you they aren't part of the "people at the top" trying to keep the poor man down.
The real reason people more people aren't self employed is that we've managed to link health insurance with employment.