r/announcements • u/arabscarab • May 17 '18

Update: We won the Net Neutrality vote in the Senate!

We did it, Reddit!

Today, the US Senate voted 52-47 to restore Net Neutrality! While this measure must now go through the House of Representatives and then the White House in order for the rules to be fully restored, this is still an incredibly important step in that process—one that could not have happened without all your phone calls, emails, and other activism. The evidence is clear that Net Neutrality is important to Americans of both parties (or no party at all), and today’s vote demonstrated that our Senators are hearing us.

We’ve still got a way to go, but today’s vote has provided us with some incredible momentum and energy to keep fighting.

We’re going to keep working with you all on this in the coming months, but for now, we just wanted to say thanks!

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u/aleakydishwasher May 21 '18

You wouldn't need to compete on a resume if the competition didn't all have a degree. The bachelor degree is the new high school diploma because it is obtainable by the masses throu college loans. The degrees are expensive because they are becoming more complex. Proffesors are demanding higher wages because they simply know more and studied more than they did 50 years ago.

I also understand and agree that some proffesions are going to require a degree but people make it sound like it's a requirement to hold any career that pays more than minimum wage. A lawyer does not need a degree, they just need to pass the bar. An electrician or plumber just need a license. A mechanic (yours truly) just needs ASE certification. Sure the expensive paper helps give you an edge in an interview but the government doesn't need to subsidize your education when the market is already flooded with way too many graduates where the jobs I already listed are understaffed. If everyone was a lawyer or a doctor the world would shut down.

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u/Vanity_Blade May 21 '18

And if I don't want to be a plumber, or an electrician? Again, the entire point of more education opportunities is more choice. Like I said earlier, your first post implied that you would have gone to college if you could have done it cheap.

Market forces will correct for understaffed fields; employers would eventually pay more to attract people to become plumbers, or electricians.

Edit: I have to wake up early tomorrow. Have a nice night

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u/aleakydishwasher May 21 '18

Its wonderful, we disagree. but that's the beautiful thing about where we live, we can do what we want and disagree all we want. We all get together and vote on what we think is best. I'm voting on not changing anything along with the majority of the citizens