"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/20/13 4:28 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/20/13 3:23 PM, Califbill wrote:


Depends on the degree.



Here we go again.
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I'll post a link later to the local newspapers report on a college
website as too what people made 5 years after graduation depending
on
degree. A performing arts degree was about $15k I think.


You keep equating the value of liberal arts education only in terms
of
what one can earn in a particular field or a particular degree.

I don't accept the premise. What is important is what they can
contribute to our society and to culture generally.

Mozart and Van Gogh died in abject poverty. Their contributions to
society and culture far outweigh their meager earnings. Teachers,
firemen, social workers and nurses are not typically high up there
on
the monetary earnings scale, yet they are major contributors to what
makes our society tick.

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True, many of those professions are labors of love or passion. But
I
think many who pursue them also tend to be more liberal in
philosophy
and are receptive to government programs to assist in what they may
not
be able to directly pay for themselves. It would be interesting to
see
a breakdown of professional degrees by participation (and support)
of
government entitlement programs. My guess is the average person in
the
vocational, technical and engineering disciplines receive less
government benefits compared to the average "someone" in the "arts"
for example, simply because they don't qualify. In addition, you
certainly don't hear of many doctors or lawyers participating in
government entitlement programs.

These programs aren't free. Someone pays for them. Who do you
think
pays for the bulk of them?







Doctors don't participate in government entitlement programs? What
about
Medicaid and Medicare?

As for those vocational, technical and engineering grads? What
percentage of them end up working for at least a while on government
contracts during their careers?

Yeah, I know, they're not strictly government entitlement programs.

Who do you think pays for the bulk of those doctors' office visits,
and
those ships, tanks, and airplanes?

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Not many musicians, that’s for sure.