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Originally Posted by louie
There are two things that in my mind that allowed or put the United States in a position to advance in economic status in the world in such a short time. I know you can make a list a mile long but I feel that at least in the early years 1800s – 1900s the lack of government involvement in the free market allowed growth while the wide adoption of standard education allowed for an increase in the brain power needed to fuel the growth. I think we have strayed away from these fundamentals.
Removing the Government involvement in the Markets is much simpler than fixing the Education system. What ever the cause of this down turn in education and based on what everyone has posted, what we have today isn’t working.
This is a great question and a lot of great answers
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A good post,but I can not help beleive that Americans have the desire to learn regardless of government intervention.
My aunt worked in a factory in Dayton Ohio from 1941 until 1945, until 1941 my aunt had never been inside a factory,my uncle was in the army at the time.
There were many other young people male and female that learned quick on how to do things from engineering to factory work to paper drives ect.
This was done at a time of rationing so there was a lot of government intervention.
In the 50's people learned new ways how to do differant things
The 60's brought change across the board from learning about intergration and the Veit Nam war
In my pinion it has never been a question of wether Americans want to learn young or old it is a question of what's available for them to learn.
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