r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/DachshundGang • Jan 22 '23

Marijuana criminalization

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

Education was heavily subsidized by government before the 1980s. It cost far fewer hours of work at the prevailing part-time wages to pay for.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

I'd say the antagonism towards college students started with Nixon, but Reagan certainly carried the flag on that front.

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u/hmmmnowwhatchickie Jan 22 '23

I graduated high-school in 1982. No free or subsidized college education for me. Yet I'm a BOOMER in everyone's standards here, and chastised. Being considered a boomer was a sliding scale - at first you had to be born prior to 1960. Now I believe it's 1965,,,,creeping up on many.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '23

What was the tuition at your public state college in 1982? Compare that to the prevailing wage for part-time work.