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QOTD: If there were gov. employees whose job was to protect the interests of the next generation, what policies do you think they should try to change?
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Re: QOTD: If there were gov. employees whose job was to protect the interests of the next generation, what policies do you think they would try to change?
I don't know what they WOULD do, but here's what I think they SHOULD do:
Initiate a higher income cap on first-time home buyer's programs
Fund higher education need-based aid to a better degree so we're not graduating college with 45k in student loans - for a BA!![]()
Increase Peace Corps funding so we can have a better understanding of other cultures and nations and vice versa.
Promote volunteerism and service - maybe a program like AmeriCorps but smaller, where HS kids can get credit for helping on their communities.
Voter registration drives for high school seniors and in colleges. Maybe as part of the above service program.
Intiate a mandatory nationwide high school mini-course in the uses of credit, balancing a checkbook, banking policies, investments and retirement savings. Too many young people make horrible mistakes and learn these things the hard way.
Initiate a higher income cap on first-time home buyer's programs
Fund higher education need-based aid to a better degree so we're not graduating college with 45k in student loans - for a BA!
Increase Peace Corps funding so we can have a better understanding of other cultures and nations and vice versa.
Promote volunteerism and service - maybe a program like AmeriCorps but smaller, where HS kids can get credit for helping on their communities.
Voter registration drives for high school seniors and in colleges. Maybe as part of the above service program.
Intiate a mandatory nationwide high school mini-course in the uses of credit, balancing a checkbook, banking policies, investments and retirement savings. Too many young people make horrible mistakes and learn these things the hard way.
