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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    Hold up. They're going to send freshmen who think they're going to Boston to NYC instead? Oh man. The Shop Rite crew would lose their crap finding out Brad and Chad will be in the UES instead of with the other parents' kids they're trying to impress in Boston. Even though UES is probably safer...
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    Never heard of Pillar College. I guess Shoe is saved by their med school, would think Stevens would be above them. Really surprised Georgian Court is at the top, I guess their real estate is pricey. Would think Drew would be able to sell some of their land, and it'd be worth more than Rider's...
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    OT: Bagging groceries

    Well...lots of breadwinners, even homes with 2 breadwinners, don't get by on one job. That's a massive problem. Again I have no issue saying automate jobs that can be automated. But we need solutions. "Figure it out" isn't a solution. Getting people retrained and enhancing the safety net are...
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    At the minimum, NYC and CA had it and others for pennies on the dollar. I would love to hear from any economist that says the Great Recession was not the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression. Maybe a few would say 2020. What is the cost of a home versus income in any place...
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    The public schools are much more of an issue. The private schools can have whatever they want. I do think though a school like Cuse will really dent its reputation, which is on the decline, especially versus in my era (not our problem). There's definitely fewer kids. That said, there's plenty...
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    OT: Bagging groceries

    Yes and no. It SHOULD not be, but, we are a society now where unemployment and underemployment are surging and people cannot pay basic bills. So it's not going to be just teenagers. In an ideal world, and maybe there were times before, yeah. At this moment though, no.
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    65, sorry. https://www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-tuition-free-more-state-students
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    Europe is way more advanced than the US in terms of development so not sure what that is referencing. I mean trains alone. I got on a train in Norway and thought I was in the first class cabin and it was just their usual service. You could have eaten off the floor. And everyone spoke...
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    Didn't say they were. They are essential however. Maybe it's me but I kind of feel like we need more engineers and people who speak foreign languages, not fewer. Relying on AI and/or shrugging it off because the powers that be are spending money on nonsense rather than education is a recipe for...
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    The Great Recession is the second largest economic calamity in US history second only to the depression. It's not really close. And same to Gen Z- while the economy is putrid now it is wonderful compared to 08. The boomers could go to free college in many states, you didn't need a degree for a...
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    OT: Bagging groceries

    I prefer the self checkout but with regard to McDonalds, in countries with higher minimum wages the cost of the food is less so there's a little more to it. The margin at the supermarket is pretty low, but the issue is more certain foods like beef coming from 3 companies in the US so they screw...
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    It's OK, we don't need electricity, nor statistics, nor people who understand Middle Eastern languages or Russian. We will just translate with our phones...and not...plug them in? Something something AI something something plumber, am I right...people celebrating this would say. And Cuse I...
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    1. Yes. Because it was free, for example, at U of California schools. Gee, wonder who changed that... 2. Yeah I'm sure everyone is running to sign up. 3. Yes at the Ivies. And sure, tuition at RU is free for families earning under 60k. That leaves a huge gap. And no, it's not an acceptable...
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    OT: College enrollment and financial issues?

    At least right now the unemployment is OK. It isn't what it was/is in 2008. Being a millennial I would say nearly all my friends lost at least one job in the Great Recession. I get the Gen Z complaints about COL, but at least they have a job, when back then, people were graduating with...
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    OT: Rutgers gonna Rutgers, graduation speaker cancelled

    The current war resulted in lifting sanctions on Iranian and Russian gas which also boosted China. And, exploded our debt. Essentially the war is at cross purposes with everything here being cited as an issue. The long and short of it goes very simply- there are elections in Israel and here...
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