I've really come round to supporting a flat tax. It's been proven to support growth in eastern Europe, and it's the only tax policy that can truly be called fair, as it is neither regressive or progressive. Progressive taxation disincentives making money because the government will just take more of it. It's a drag on our economy, and because it hinders economic mobility it's shifting the tax burden onto a smaller and smaller percentage of society.

And I, in return, will leave this: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/279321/jobs-agenda-kevin-d-williamson

Well, you use a GUI and a mouse - probably the two most important concepts that he popularised.

This.

Our generation is only old enough to remember things like the iMac, iPod, iTunes and the iPad. Steve Jobs' real most important innovations were back in the 1970s and 1980s when he and Steve Wozniak were building the first user-friendly desktops in their garage.

That and online music were, IMO, Steve Jobs' two greatest achievements.

the working man is being suppressed.

look what happened in Wisconsin with the unions  few months back, as throughout history the robber barons continue to squander the poor while they line there pockets. its time we all share the load equally to get this country back on its feet, it starts with government policies and tariffs then it forces these  companies to manufacture here, and employ here. not outsource everything its a recipe for disaster.

Trade tariffs are what helped turn the recession of 1929 into a decade-long depression. Are you sure you want to go down that route?

What kind of jobs can you except with the study that you guys followed (No pun intended) ?

Becoming professors. Actually I'd like to be a writer but being a professor would give me a more steady income.

Ditto.  I've been lucky enough that a bit of nepotism on the part of my dad landed me the role as his TA at the astronomy lab class he teaches at our local community college.  Course, that's only 3 hours every Monday night, so it's not exactly much.  Just a little extra cash in my pocket every week.

Other than that, I'm currently working on Grad school apps, just took the GRE exam, and am hoping to get into a doctorate program to while the rest of my 20's away in.

But hey, maybe some day 10, 15 year from now, you'll be reading a book by Dr. Matthew Palmer

I'm pretty much doing the same thing, except I'm not TAing and I'm writing my first book right now. Taking the GRE in a week and applying to grad school.

edit: LOOOL read up on US universities. Yeah ok... I thought it was like over here: You want to become an engineer so you study engineering. You want to become a doctor so you study medicine (for like 10 years or something) You want to become a history teacher so you study history + something else + paedagogics. But just studying some bs for the hell of it is ill-advised, obviously lol.

Yep from what I understand an much larger percentage of the US population goes to a 4 year university than in Europe. Which sounds good, but it used to be that getting a uni degree almost guaranteed a good job. Then more and more people started going to university and taking out loans to do it. As a result, there were more and more people seeking the same amount of jobs that required a uni degree.

So, now in order to get a good job you pretty much need a master's degree. Even then there's still people with M.A.s that are unemployed. And since people aren't finding well paying jobs, they aren't able to pay back their college loans. When they do find jobs they can't spend money to help the economy because they have to spend it paying off their debt instead. Hence we have massive youth unemployment and low standards of living.

I'm currently one of these unemployed college grads so I know all about it.