Poverty

With the destruction of ever more American jobs, 'getting a degree' has been pushed as the panacea for unemployment or job loss. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have continually pushed the idea that all Americans need is 'retraining' and that getting a degree will make them 'more employable'. Which is sweet music to the ears of vulture capitalists, who are more than happy to start up for-profit 'community colleges' and 'online colleges' that lure in as many 'students' as possible, load them up with debt, then don't give a tinker's damn whether or not they ever graduate or even learn anything, as long as they can keep money flowing in the door, both from students and from government subsidies.