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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's the problem with the suggestion? I don't understand. [/quote]

Once upon a time I would have agreed. The cost of living is just too high now to work your way up. When I graduated from college 25 years ago with my bachelor’s, I worked retail for $11/hr for 6 months. Then my first professional job started at $22,000. It was tight, but I was able to get by ok. I had a reliable car that I paid $1,000 cash for. My 1 bedroom apartment was $425/month. I had no debt because tuition at the small college I went to was about $2000. I recently looked into this when my daughter was looking for an apartment. 
That same apartment is now $1100/month. 
The retail job I worked still starts out at $11. 
That first professional job I got out of college now requires a Master’s and 15-20 years of experience at pays $30,000. As far as I can tell, there are no entry level positions in that field. 
Tuition at my college is now $14k.

The math just ain't mathin’. We have made it nearly impossible for college grads to work their way up. [/quote]

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