Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?

  • iByteABit [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    (though the last did not make it out before the attack on education)

    I didn’t get that, what do you mean?

    it’s a little less sticky here, more rising and falling going on than most places

    How easy is it to go from working minimum wage to a well paying job if you can’t afford education to acquire a specialization?

    Also say you go bankrupt and homeless because of some bad luck with your health leading to astronomical hospital bills. Is it even possible to recover from that and get back to an average life quality when covered with debt?

    • RBWells@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My first set of kids got a great K-12 education here, in stark contrast to what I experienced. But sadly, one is still in high school and the state is attacking freedom of speech, teachers are leaving, the classes are getting dumbed down.

      I did go from cashier to good office job but pell grant covered my college. Bright Futures is covering my kids college. No, we don’t do a great job of supporting kids through school, it took effort. There are still union trade jobs that pay well too though, even here.

      Medical system I make no apology for. It’s awful.