Economist Michael Albert explains why education in America is underfunded. This seems like an especially relevant speech given the current discourse over H-1B Visas.

Doing all this yammering about a thing that happened in the 60s with public education AND NOT mentioning desegregation, while simultaneously mentioning putting money into the "good" neighborhoods and defunding the "bad" neighborhoods is a bit maddening.

California has the nation’s highest housing costs. Some blame a housing shortage; others, government policies. We sit down with experts to explore what’s driving costs and discuss the state-mandated Housing Development initiative and why some cities push back.

He leaves out an important factor. Brown v Education and the lengths white folks went to maintain segregation “legally”

@MsInformation9 the system was designed that way 🫤 the empire needs cannon fodder uneducated

Absolutely. As a result, the U.S. government is now anti-intellectual, anti-education. They intended to defeat opposition by dumbing down the population. And it worked. They failed to defeat socialism abroad, but managed to beat it here. That’s why we don’t have nice things.

Make a rule saying every visa working needs starting pay of 200,000. It will stop this, they just want top talent talk.

@darafaye I struggled to put myself through engineering school and graduated in 1984. There is no way in hell I could do that today.

I can't take seriously any explanation that doesn't mention race. I know talking about race turns white ppl off but ... Brown decision, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, bussing ... no more money for education. It's a straight line.

Only in America do they fear: Too many smart people too many educated people

Tuition is making colleges and bankers wealthy. Americans cannot afford a college education. The system is rigged in favor of a few

"They want obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines & do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs, the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of OT, & the vanishing pension..."