The costs of college food insecurity go beyond the campus

According to Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor of higher education and sociology at Temple University as well as the author of “Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream,” the issue of college students having to chose between paying for tuition or for necessities like food or rent is not longer a question. In addition to the 1 in 10 American college students who have been homeless in the last year, our partners at Amanpour & Company discuss how an inability to afford the bare essentials can compound into the student debt and unemployment crisis facing the younger population.

 

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>>> FOR OUR FINAL REPORT

TONIGHT, WE EXPLORED THE PRICE

TAG OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION IN

THE UNITED STATES.

RISING DEBTS, LOW WAGING AND

INCREASING LIVINGS EXPENSES ARE

FORCING STUDENTS TO SACRIFICE

THE MOST BASIC NECESSITY, FOOD.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE SITUATION

AND ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT BY

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, IT/3 OF E

ENOUGH TO EAT.

SARAH RABB SEES THIS IN HER

CLASSROOM EVERY DAY.

SHE'S ALSO PAYING THE PRICE AND

A PROFESSOR OF HIGHER EDUCATION

POLICY AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN

PHILADELPHIA.

SHE SPOKE TO THIS WOMAN AS PART

OF OUR ONGOING INITIATIVE WHICH

LOOKS AT POVERTY, JOBS AND

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA

CALLED "CHASING THE DREAM."

>> ARE PEOPLE HAVING TO MAKE THE

CHOICE BETWEEN EATING AND

CONTINUING WITH SCHOOL?

>> THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.

THERE'S REALLY NO QUESTION.

WE'VE DONE SO MANY INTERVIEWS

AND SO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES OVER

THE MANY YEARS NOW AND WE'VE

SEEN STUDENTS MAKE THOSE CHOICES

ALL THE TIME.

I WILL SEE STUDENTS WHO WILL

SAY, YOU KNOW, I'M SO SHORT ONMY

BOOKS THIS SEMESTER, IT MEANS

I'M GOING TO MISS RENT PAYMENTS.

I MEAN, WE ESTIMATE THAT ALMOST

1 IN 10 OF AMERICAN COLLEGE

STUDENTS HAVE BEEN HOMELESS IN

THE LAST YEAR.

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND VERY

COMMON.

IT CAN MEAN THAT A STUDENT, FOR

EXAMPLE, HAS A MEDICAL NEED AND

THEREFORE DOES NOT HAVE

GROCERIES FOR THE MONTH.

THERE ARE SO MANY COMPETING

PRESSURES FACING THESE STUDENTS

EVERY DAY, SOME OF WHICH, YOU

KNOW ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE ALSO

VERY ACQUAINTED WITH, BUT IT

MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE

TO GIVE UP ON THEIR EDUCATION.

AND LEAVING IT PARTLY

UNFINISHED, WHERE THEY LEAVE IN

DEBT WITH NO DEGREE IS REALLY

CONSEQUENTIAL.

>> THIS GETS ALMOST PERSONAL FOR

YOU.

I REMEMBER YOU TELLING SOMEONE

ABOUT ONE OF YOUR OWN STUDENTS

REACHING OUT TO YOU AND TELLING

YOU WHAT SHE CONSIDERED A

>> YEAH, I MEAN, I HAVE HAD

STUDENTS FOR A LONG TIME WHO

HAVE HAD THESE CHALLENGES, BUT I

WAS ESPECIALLY TAKEN WHEN I

FIRST ARRIVED AT TEMPLE

UNIVERSITY AND AN UNDERGRADUATE

CAME WALKING INTO MY OFFICE.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS THERE TO ASKF.

I MEAN, SHE LOOKED, YOU KNOW,

VERY SORT OF PUT TOGETHER.

A VERY BRIGHT SCIENCE MAJOR AND

SHE SAID TO ME, I REALLY NEED T.

AND I SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO?

IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VEM.

SHE SAID, I HEAR YOU KNOW THAT

YOU KNOW KNOW, THAT YOU

UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THINGS

GOING ON THAT WE DON'T TALK

ABOUT.

TO TELL ME?L, WHAT DO YOU NEED

AND SHE SAID, I DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH MONEY FOR FOOD.

AND SHE SAID, AND I'M SO

EMBARRASSED TO SAY THIS, BUT

I'VE ACTUALLY STARTED

SHOPLIFTING AT THE LOCAL GROCERY

STORE SO THAT I CAN GET ENOUGHT.

AND SHE SAID, AND I WAS RECENTLY

CAUGHT, AND THAT MEANS I CAN'TD.

SO SHE SAID, SO I DON'T KNOW

WHERE TO GET FOOD.

AND TO BE REALLY FRANK WITH YOUE

WAS A WHITE WOMAN WHO LOOKED

VERY MIDDLE-CLASS, AND, IN FACT,

IS MIDDLE-CLASS.

SHE IS THE CHILD OF PEOPLE WHO

VALUE EDUCATION, WHO HAVE WORKED

VERY HARD FOR PAY FOR COLLEGE

BUT HAVE STRUGGLED ECONOMICALLY.

AS THEY HELPED HER GO THROUGH

COLLEGE, THEY STARTED TO RUN OU.

SHE'S TOO RICH TO GET FINANCIAL

AID AND TOO POOR TO BE ABLE TO

ACTUALLY AFFORD COLLEGE, AND SO

SHE REALLY FOUND HERSELF WITHOUT

ENOUGH TO EAT AND VERY FEW

OPTIONS.

GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SEEMS TO BE

THAT WE DO HAVE, RIGHT?E DATA

THERE IS A GAP IN OUR

PERCEPTIONS OF WHO MIGHT BE

IMPACTED BY THIS AND WHO

ACTUALLY IS IMPACTED.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE DO TEND TO THINK COLE

STUDENTS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT

THIS ISSUE AND WHEN WE THINK

ABOUT FINANCIAL AID GENERALLY.

THAT IS IMPORTANT.

TODAY'S PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

ARE ABSOLUTELY BEING LEFT SHORT

IN WAYS THAT ARE UNCONSCIONABLE,

TOO, AND IT'S THIS MIDDLE CLASS

THAT ALMOST 50% OF AMERICANS

BELIEVE THEY'RE A PART OF, BUT

WELL.IDDLE CLASS IS NOT DOING

THEY'RE STRAPPED.

THEY'RE FACING A LOT OF ECONOMI.

WORK IS NOT PAYING THE WAY THAT

THEY WOULD LIKE IT TO AND

COLLEGE PRICES ARE OFTEN BEYOND

REACH, AND SO THEY MIGHT THINK

THAT THEY HAVE IT TOGETHER AND

THEY GET TO COLLEGE AND THEN,

AGAIN, THEY RUN SHORT AND THEY

ARE MYSTIFIED AND, FRANKLY, A

BIT STIGMATIZED, YOU KNOW, WHEN

ACCESSING THIS HELP.OR OR

>> GIVE ME A SCALE OF THE

PROBLEM.

HOW SIGNIFICANT IS FOOD SECURITY

FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE?

>> WELL, THE FIRST THING, AND

THE GAO DOES EMPHASIZE THIS, WE

DON'T ACTUALLY REALLY KNOW AT A

NATIONAL LEVEL BECAUSE THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NEVER

COLLECTED DATA ON THIS IN ANY

SYSTEMATIC WAY.

IN FACT, COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES ARE ALSO NOT

THIS.RED TO COLLECT DATA ON

FROM SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE.

ONE COLLEGE AT A TIME ACROSS TH.

AND MYSELF AND MY TEAM AS WELL

AS OTHER RESEARCHERS AROUND THE

COUNTRY HAVE AMASSED A LARGE

NUMBER OF COLLEGES OVER TIME IN

MOST STATES WHERE WE HAVE DONE

THESE SURVEYS AND THE RESULTS

SEEM TO SUGGEST THAT AROUND 40

TO MAYBE EVEN 50% OF THE

NATION'S COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE

THEY'RE IN SCHOOL.CURITY WHILE

>> OUR GENERAL DEFINITION OF WHO

IS A COLLEGE STUDENT IN AMERICA

SEEMS TO BE COMPLETELY

DIFFERENT, AT LEAST OUR

PERCEPTION OF IT VERSUS WHAT THE

REALITY IS.

>> THERE IS A BIG DISJUNCTURE.

WE CONTINUE TO THINK OF COLLEGEM

REASONABLY WEALTHY FAMILIES WHO

VALUE EDUCATION AND HAVE SENT

THEIR CHILDREN OFF TO COLLEGE

WITH SAVINGS IN THE BANK, SENT

THEM TO LIVE IN RESIDENCE HALLS

AND TO FOCUS ON THIS SCHOOLING,

PURSUE ONE OR TWO MAJORS, ATTEND

LECTURES AND EXTRACURRICULAR

EVENTS AND HAVE A BASICALLY GOO.

ONLY 13% OF AMERICAN

UNDERGRADUATES THESE DAYS LIVE

ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

1 IN IN 4 HAS A CHILD.

ALMOST -- MORE THAN 1/3,

ACTUALLY, ARE OVER THE AGE OF

THEY DON'T LOOK THE WAY WE THINE

SUPPORT WE POPULARLY THINK THEY.

>> IF 1/3 OF STUDENTS ARE GOING?

>> THESE THINGS ARE NOT ENTIREL.

THE PRICE OF TUITION RISING IS

BEING DRIVEN PRIMARILY BECAUSE

STATES HAVE CHANGED WHAT THE

THEY'RE PAYING FOR HIGHER ED.

SO IN THE PAST, IF LET'S SAY

COLLEGE COST $1, A STATE MIGHT

SAY TO A STUDENT, WE'LL PUT IN

75 CENTS, YOU'LL PAY 25 CENTS

AND OVER TIME THE STATE HAS

CENTS, YOU PAY 50.L PAY 50

WE'LL PAY A QUARTER, YOU PAY 75,

BUT THE FOOD ISSUE IS REALLY INE

INCREASE IN LIVING COSTS IN THI.

SO THE FACT IS, YOU KNOW, AS

HOUSING HAS GOTTEN MORE

EXPENSIVE, IT'S CREATED OTHERPR.

>> SO HOW DO SCHOOLS DEAL WITH

THIS IDEA OF KIDS WHO ARE IN

THEIR CLASSROOMS -- NOT EVEN

KIDS, ADULTS IN THEIR

CLASSROOMS, THERE I AM FALLING

BACK INTO THAT TRAP, WHO CAN'TF.

>> WHAT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME IS

THAT WE HAVE DRAWN MORE

ATTENTION TO THE STRUCTURAL

FACTORS THAT ARE CREATING THIS

PROBLEM AT SUCH A LARGE NUMBER

OF COLLEGES THAT NO ONE COLLEGE

COULD BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG

THAT WOULD BE CAUSING THIS

THEMSELVES.

AND AS THAT'S HAPPENED, IT'S

ENABLED SOME COLLEGES TO BE ABL.

SO WE SEE A GROWING NUMBER OF

CAMPUS FOOD PANTRIES.

THAT'S AT LEAST A CHARITABLE

IMPULSE THAT'S BEING REALIZED.

WE'RE SEEING A GROWING NUMBER,

ESPECIALLY AT COMMUNITY

COLLEGES THAT ARE STARTING TO

HELP STUDENTS ACCESS S.N.A.P.

PROGRAM, WHICH IS FOOD STAMPS

WE'RE SEEING SOME THAT ARE

TRYING OUT PROGRAMS

LIKE FOOD SCHOLARSHIPS.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING SOME THAT

ARE SUBSIDIZING THOSE

BIGGER EXPENSES LIKE HOUSING.

ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE

DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR FOOD IS

BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR

RENT.

RENT.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY TEAM'S BEEN

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY TEAM'S BEEN

WORKING WITH A COUPLE HOUSING

AUTHORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT

AUTHORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT

ARE WORKING TO OFFER MORE

ARE WORKING TO OFFER MORE

ARE WORKING TO OFFER MORE

SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

IN PUBLIC HOUSING WHILE THEY'RE

IN COLLEGE SO THAT THEY CAN

ACTUALLY REALLY LIVE AND EAT AND

GO TO COLLEGE AND THEN, FRANKLY,

GET OUT OF PUBLIC HOUSING,

BECOME ECONOMICALLY

SELF-SUFFICIENT.

>> BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT

EATING, THEY'RE NOT STUDYING

WELL, THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING

GRADUATE.Y'RE NOT LIKELY TO

>> THEY'RE NOT.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH COMMON

SENSE.

THERE ISN'T A TEACHER IN THISCOT

TEACHER HASN'T EATEN THEY'RE

GOING TO BE ACTIVE AND ENGAGE I.

WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT A 25-YEAR-OLD OR AN

18-YEAR-OLD WOULD BE ANY

DIFFERENT.

>> SO YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE

NOW. LOOKING AT THIS FOR YEARS

YOU HAD A BOOK OUT A FEW YEARS

AGO.

YOU WERE FOLLOWING 3,000

DIFFERENT STUDENTS.

I WANT TO LOOK AT THE LONGER ARC

HERE.

WORSE?INGS GETTING BETTER OR

>> PART OF THE REASON THAT IT'S

REALLY HARD TO ME TO SAY IS WE

WERE NOT TRACKING THESE ISSUES

IN THIS WAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF

TIME.

I FOLLOWED A COHORT OF AT LEAST

3,000 STUDENTS.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST

SEMESTER OF COLLEGE CAN BE VERY

DIFFERENT THAN THE THIRD OR

FOURTH OR FIFTH SEMESTERS.

THERE IS A LOT OF VOLATILITY AND

FLUCTUATION.WE WORSE OFF IN 201E

WERE IN SAY, 2017, OR 2012 OR IN

1982?

WE DON'T KNOW.

BECAUSE THESE ISSUES WERE NOT

BEING EXAMINED.

BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING NOW, I

THINK OVER TIME WE'RE GOING TO

BE ABLE TO SAY, HOPEFULLY

WHETHER THINGS ARE GETTING

BETTER OR WORSE, BUT WHAT I CAN

TELL YOU IS THAT IT IS CLEAR

THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS GETTING

IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR LESS

RESOURCES PER STUDENT THAN IT

EVER HAS.

WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS FROM

FAMILIES WITH SIGNIFICANT

ECONOMIC NEEDS AND WE HAVE

STUDENTS WHO ARE HAVING A HARDER

TIME GETTING WORK THAT PAYS

DURING COLLEGE AND ENOUGH ACCESS

TO FINANCIAL AID TO MAKE UP FOR

THOSE FINANCIAL NEEDS.

SO THE CRISIS REALLY, FRANKLY,

SHOULD STILL BE HERE.

>> IF IT'S UNDERRESOURCED LIKE

THIS, IS THAT DRIVING PART OF

WHAT THIS STUDENT LOAN DEBT SIZE

HAS BALLOONED TO?

GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE HOW BIG

THAT IS NOW.

>> YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT LOAN

DEBT OVERALL SIZE MATTERS TO ME

A LITTLE BIT LESS, FRANKLY, THAN

THE NUMBER OF BORROWERS WHO ARE

UNABLE TO REPAY THEIR LOANS.

AND THOSE PEOPLE REALLY

INTERESTINGLY ARE NOT THE ONES

WHO HAVE THE BIG DEBT.

NOT WHAT WE WOULD CALL BIG.

THEY HAVE LIKE $5,000 OF DEBT.

THE PROBLEM IS THEY ONLY GOT

LIKE A YEAR OF COLLEGE

EDUCATION.

SO THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL

GRADUATES WALKING AROUND WITH

THE FEELING OF HAVING DROPPED

OUT OF COLLEGE AND NOW OWING

LOANS.

THEY HAVE NO ECONOMIC ABILITY TO

MANY OF THEM ARE TAKING LOANS

THEY SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD TO

TAKE.

THEY WERE PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

IN COLLEGE, WHICH WHEN THAT

PROGRAM BEGAN MEANT THAT NOBODY

SHOULD TAKE A LOAN.

WE NEVER INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO

WERE LOW-INCOME WHEN THEY COME

TO COLLEGE TO HAVE TO TAKE DEBT.

THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET A

GRANT.

THE PELL PROGRAM NOW COVERS

AND UNIVERSITIES' TOTAL COSTS.

EVERYONE STARTED OUT.HAN WHEN

>> EXACTLY.

IT'S A MAJOR DECLINE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER 100%.W.

COLLEGE, THEY'VE GOT TO TAKE ON

THE DEBT.

BUT THEIR CHANCES OF FINISHING

ARE NOT THAT HIGH.

SO THEY COME OUT WITH DEBT AND

NO DEGREE.

AND NOW THEY'RE IN POTENTIALLY

AN EVEN WORSE SITUATION THAN

THEY WERE IN THE FIRST PLACE

BEFORE THEY WENT TO COLLEGE.

>> SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SAY,

LOOK, WHAT ABOUT WORK STUDY?

I HAD TO GO TO SCHOOL AND GET A

JOB, WORK 15, 20 HOURS A WEEK TO

QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS.

>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT WORK STUDY

IN THIS COUNTRY IS SO INCREDIBLY

UNDERFUNDED, THAT HAS MORE

PEOPLE HAVE NEEDED IT OVER TIME.

WE HAVE NOT INCREASED THE

SUPPORT FOR IT.

AS A RESULT, ONLY 1 IN 10

STUDENTS IN PUBLIC COLLEGES OR

UNIVERSITIES ARE GETTING

SUPPORTED BY THE WORK STUDY

PROGRAM.

AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN WE'VE

POINTED THAT OUT AND NOTED THAT

WORK STUDY IS IMMENSELY POPULAR,

IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT PEOPLE THINK

SHOULD HAPPEN, YOU SHOULD WORK

IN COLLEGE AND WORK ON CAMPUS.

INSTEAD OF THAT, THIS

ADMINISTRATION HAS ACTUALLY

TRIED TO GET RID OF THE WORK

STUDY PROGRAM, RATHER THAN TO

GROW IT TO MEET NEED.

>> ARE WE APPROACHING A SLIGHTLY

-- ARE WE OVERVALUING COLLEGE?

MEANING, IS COLLEGE RIGHT FOR

EVERYONE?

>> LOOK, I DON'T THINK TO SAY

THAT COLLEGE SHOULD BE

AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR

EVERYONE IS TO SAY EVERYONE HAS

TO GO TO COLLEGE.

THOSE ARE TWO REALLY DIFFERENT

THINGS.

BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE

PROBLEMS WE HAVE, COLLEGE HAS

BECOME THE PLACE AMERICA LOVES

TO HATE, PARTLY BECAUSE AMERICA

THINKS THAT WHAT EVERYBODY'S

DOING IN COLLEGE IS PURSUING A

DEGREE OF SOME SORT THEY DON'T

FIND VALUABLE.

WHAT THEY DON'T SEEM TO REALIZEY

NOW SEEK ARE PERFORMED BY PEOPLE

WHO DO HAVE TO GET SOME SORT OF

VOCATIONAL OR TECHNICAL

TRAINING, AND THAT TRAINING IS

OFFERED IN COLLEGE.

COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY

ARE THE PLACES THAT PEOPLE WHO

DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS,

EVERYTHING FROM COSMETOLOGY TO

TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING, THEY DO

THESE THINGS IN COLLEGE.

THEY GO TO GET THEM.E PLACES

SO TO SAY THAT COLLEGE IS

UNAFFORDABLE IS NOT JUST TO SAY,

WELL, YOU CAN'T GET THAT

PHILOSOPHY DEGREE.

IT'S ALSO TO SAY YOU CAN'T GET

THE CREDENTIAL YOU NEED TO BE AN

AUTOMATIVE TECHNICIAN.

WHAT KIND OF SITUATION ARE WE

GOING TO BE IN WHEN WE SAY, NO,

LET'S CUT PEOPLE OFF FROM THOSE?

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS FROM A

30,000-FOOT VIEW, I MEAN, HIGHER

EDUCATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE SOCIAL

MOBILITY, MOVE CLASS, RIGHT?

SO IT WAS -- COMMUNITY COLLEGE

INFRASTRUCTURE WAS SUPPOSED TO

BE THAT ALTERNATE PATH.

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR IDEA OF

WHAT COLLEGE IS CAPABLE OF

DOING, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME

WHERE IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE ALL

SOCIALLY ASKING FOR THAT

CREDENTIAL?

>> YEAH, SO I THINK THAT THE

THEORY IS RIGHT. IDEA, THE

EDUCATION CAN DO ALL THE THINGS

YOU JUST DESCRIBED AND IT DID DO

IT IN THE 20th CENTURY.

MANY OF THE THINGS WE ALL ENJOY

TODAY, WHETHER IT'S OUR iPHONES

OR THE INNOVATIONS THAT WE HAVE

ON THE INTERNET, WERE CREATED BY

THE EXPANSION OF EDUCATION.

EDUCATION PROPELS INNOVATION,

BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE NEVER

REALLY ACTUALLY ALL AGREED TO

THIS AT THE POLICY LEVEL.

AND SO WHILE WE, SOME OF US SET

OUT TO MAKE POLICIES TO EXPAND

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN

HIGHER EDUCATION, THE FACT IS

THAT STATES REALLY NEVER DID

JOIN IN A FULL WAY THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT IN MAKING COLLEGE

TRULY AFFORDABLE.

AND OVER TIME, DEPENDING ON THE

ADMINISTRATION IN CHARGE IN

WASHINGTON, THEY HAVE UNDERMINED

THE FINANCING BEHIND THE IDEA.

SO THE IDEA HAS STOOD, THE IDEA

HAS BEEN WIDELY HEARD BY THE

PUBLIC, WHICH HAS SAID, YES, WE

WANT COLLEGE, BUT WE DID NOT

BUILD AND SUSTAIN A FINANCING

SYSTEM TO ACTUALLY BACK UP THAT

IDEA.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE TASK OF

THE 21st CENTURY.

IT'S TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE, HOW TO

GET TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND THAT

THIS IS NOT A MUSHY SOCIAL

JUSTICE ISSUE.

THIS IS AN ECONOMIC ISSUE.

WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO

REBUILD A LOT OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS

TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET

A JOB, ARE LIVING IN POVERTY,

ARE GOING TO HAVE HIGH MEDICAL

EXPENSES, GOING TO BE, QUOTE,

UNQUOTE, ON THE DOLE, OR WE CAN

GIVE THEM A VIABLE PATH TO

SELF-SUFFICIENCY, WHICH WE KNOW

RUNS THROUGH EDUCATION.

SEEMS LIKE THE LATTER IS

PROBABLY THE MORE COST EFFECTIVE

THING TO DO AND IT'S WHAT EACH

INDIVIDUAL PERSON IS CHOOSING

FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

THE QUESTION RIGHT NOW IS WHAT

THEY'RE GOING TO CHOOSE FOR

OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.

>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

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