Here is the advice I'd feel compelled to give any young person

[ThomWV]

You better find a way to scratch and grab your way onto just a little bit of wealth and then you better be bloodthirsty in growing it because if you don't you will be left out on the the benefits this nation offers just as surly as the lowest caste in feudal India.

That is the way we're headed.

[ret5hd]

1. In other words, be a republican?

[slampoet]

12. Or be part of Hip Hop culture.

[rucky]

2. Mine:

Live simply. Seek happiness from within. Be as self-sufficient as you can. Don't play the game - it's fixed.

[unpossibles]

7. a much better solution

learn to live simply and cheaply, be kind to your fellow humans, and try to be a good person. Learn some practical skills (a lot of young people do, surprisingly - they're not all the broad stereotype the media says they are).

[WheelWalker]

9. Nutshell. You've got it.

[grasswire]

3. And if you have some wealth....

...you will never be sure if people who surround you are seeking a bit of security through you or not.

I'm seeing that happen in two people I know. One is scared to death and seeking to attach to someone who inherited a lot of money.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Mine: Love everybody.

[RandomThoughts]

5. Been told that before.

That is not a new idea.

That should not, nor do I think that is the way people should get money. Although I agree there is an intent to get people to think that way.


Just have a beer and not worry about money.

[taught_me_patience]

6. "Treat others as you would like to be treated"... n/t

[txlibdem]

8. Mine: fuel cells

Preferably studying hydrogen fuel cells. They are always 10 to 15 years off in the future. You'll spend your entire 40 year career "studying" them, but you'll never be expected to produce anything! At least that is what it has been so far.

[Booster]

10. Same could be said for medical research. Get paid a good

salary for looking for it, but if you don't find it it's ok.

[txlibdem]

15. Ever notice that they haven't found a "cure" in ages

They find a new "treatment" almost every damn month. That's where the money is.

There is no Health Care in the US, only sick care. If we cured you we would lose a lifetime of profit.

That is why, when I am king, all Pharmaceutical company leadership and hospital administrators will be facing criminal charges. Murder one, conspiracy, racketeering, money laundering, fraud, just to name a few. It's going to be a hard life breaking rocks in Levenworth for a whole bunch of those pampered evil bastards.

So come on! Make me king already!!! :-)

[Booster]

18. Couldn't agree with you more. Everytime I go to the grocery

store the cashier always asks me if I want to donate to the "research of the day" and I always say when they find a cure FOR ANYTHING, I will start donating again, but if we continue to pay them to look for it they ain't never gonna find it. You're right; treatment is far more lucrative for them than a cure.

[txlibdem]

21. Sad but true in a Capitalist system

You are absolutely right. Our medicine is supposed to be so great, so innovative. But who invented "Lasik" (Radial Karatotomy)? The USSR, that's who. The Communists made the innovation and we just stole the treatment and made improvements to it (using a laser instead of blades).

Radial keratotomy (RK) was the first surgical procedure to be widely used to correct nearsightedness. Radial keratotomy was invented in the Soviet Union in 1973 and was first performed in the United States in 1978.

http://www.castervision.com/radialkeratotomy.php

Capitalism is the worst system to produce innovations. There are too many moneyed interests standing in the way of actual progress - they want things to stay exactly as they are so they can make the maximum amount of money (think big oil and the killing of the electric car in 2002).

Now the internet is under attack by corporate interests who want to block or limit your access to sites that do not pay them a kickback fee. Where will DU, and dozens of other free speech sites (the only places you can trust news and opinion from except the evening shows at MSNBC) be when their sites can be slowed to a crawl or stopped entirely?

Kill Capitalism before it kills us all!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. My advice to young people.

Relax. Never mind the "back in my day" fearmongers.

[county worker]

13. Here is my advice. Go to this website and find he job classification that pays what

you want and something you would like to do.

http://www.countyofsb.org/uploadedFiles/hr/Classification_and_Staffing/Salary%20Table%2012-2009.pdf

copy and paste it into google or some other search engine

Get the needed education and experience and don't worry about the benefits this nation offers!

[TygrBright]

14. "Plastics"

Sorry.

Couldn't resist.

So glad I'm not a mod anymore and can be inappropriate now and then...

sheepishly,
Bright

[txlibdem]

16. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

[KG]

17. Wear Sunscreen

[Chulanowa]

19. "It's too small" is not an excuse to not wear one

Because no it isn't and you're not fooling anyone.

[Smashcut]

20. My advice to young people: avoid debt like the plague

- Throw out "college" credit card offers as soon as they arrive. Better yet, burn them.

- Keep your student loans to an absolute absolute absolute minimum. Don't be deceived by how easy it is just to "sign and enroll." Figure out what your monthly payment will be after you graduate and then ask yourself: can I pay it, even if I don't have a job?

- Think carefully about graduate school before you go into debt to pay for it. These days, graduate degrees are so common they're no guarantee to a much higher paying job that will cover $100K+ in additional loans.

That is all.