I think the analog is simply that at one time the economy provided jobs to people with no formal education to support a middle class family. We were all very much poorer then. It stands to reason that for us to live in times where a middle class family enjoyed more prosperity than the top 1% a century ago would also require more productive (hence better educated) workers.
The problems are well exemplified with the Lebanon project. When local leaders do not know of the real estate investment being made in their areas, massive purchases being made on assumptions of access to utilities that are not there, that cost even more, and lack of transparency to even the common citizen.
The problem is not the investments, looking at other places like NH and Atlanta where there are public private partnerships for affordable housing, designed to make modest return versus a 20% return in some places, can improve things, but it must be transparent and scrutinized for conflicts of interest, corruption, and idiocy.
At one time the economy provided jobs where non college graduates could support a middle class family. It appears that time is past. How do we revive it?
I think the analog is simply that at one time the economy provided jobs to people with no formal education to support a middle class family. We were all very much poorer then. It stands to reason that for us to live in times where a middle class family enjoyed more prosperity than the top 1% a century ago would also require more productive (hence better educated) workers.
The problems are well exemplified with the Lebanon project. When local leaders do not know of the real estate investment being made in their areas, massive purchases being made on assumptions of access to utilities that are not there, that cost even more, and lack of transparency to even the common citizen.
The problem is not the investments, looking at other places like NH and Atlanta where there are public private partnerships for affordable housing, designed to make modest return versus a 20% return in some places, can improve things, but it must be transparent and scrutinized for conflicts of interest, corruption, and idiocy.
At one time the economy provided jobs where non college graduates could support a middle class family. It appears that time is past. How do we revive it?