Comments on: The Middle Class Amendment http://davidbly.com/index.php Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: J. Roth http://davidbly.com/index.php/the-middle-class-amendment/#comment-22217 J. Roth Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:51:24 +0000 http://davidbly.com/index.php/?page_id=1548#comment-22217 Your thinking on bolstering the middle class is right on point. It echoes back to the war on poverty initiated by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s which made college education available to millions of low-income students through grants and national-direct student loans. The huge influx of a colleged-educated workers in the late 1970s thanks to President Johnson's initiative was in large part responsible for the expansive growth in the economy during the late 1980s and 90s. Solid public education, including widely available college education, is essential to an enlightened democracy and a viabrant economy. Getting this message out is vital. Keep up your excellent work!! Your thinking on bolstering the middle class is right on point.

It echoes back to the war on poverty initiated by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s which made college education available to millions of low-income students through grants and national-direct student loans. The huge influx of a colleged-educated workers in the late 1970s thanks to President Johnson’s initiative was in large part responsible for the expansive growth in the economy during the late 1980s and 90s.

Solid public education, including widely available college education, is essential to an enlightened democracy and a viabrant economy.

Getting this message out is vital. Keep up your excellent work!!

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