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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: It's The Education Stupid!
Date: 07/23/24 9:26 AM
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The GOP now holds a 6 point advantage over the Democratic Party (51% to 45%) among voters who do not have a bachelor’s degree." - Bansky

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free,...it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson



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Sounds good as long as you don't get to establish the yardstick of non-ignorance as possessing a bachelors degree.

An unemployable holder of some degree that has no commercial value is begging tax payers to pay off his loan vs an electrician who started out of HS alone but has built his business to now have two trucks and a couple of helpers. He is paying his own truck loans as well as providing a couple of jobs.

As you sneer at the lunch box guy, I ask you, "Who is ignorant here?




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