As the Presidential Debates Continue, heated discussion concerning our economy, the middle class, and unemployment, reached some new and not-so-subtle arguing points between the two candidates. During Tuesday's debate, Governor Romney was on the defensive. According to CBS and Newsday, the public felt that Romney began to "Interrupt" President Obama when discussing certain heated topics. The president was reciprocating and standing his ground, but in a way that seemed more subtle than Governor Romney. An interesting point in the night that resonated with younger voters, occurred when Adelphi University Junior, Jeremy Epstein, raised the question of How the candidates could reassure him that he, among other college students, would be able to find a job after graduation. This spiked an unexpected trend in the 'Twitterverse' and other social media websites. Jeremy, an undecided, first-time voter was the youngest person asking questions at the debate. He says in a Newsday article, "I'm representing a whole other group of people my age, people who are facing the exact same problems, who are worried if they're going to be able to move out of their parent's house and support themselves sufficiently." Apparently, Jeremy managed to strike the right chord among young voters and social media users. He got his deserving fifteen minutes.
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I often ask myself a question similar to Jeremy's. Will I be able to find a job that can support a family after college? I see adults who are struggling, living from paycheck to paycheck, trying to provide a decent living for their children at home. They are further burdened by high tuition cost for a child in pursuit of higher education. The student debt is overflowing, and students who have acquired professional degrees are unemployed. The cost of financing your education is climbing to dangerous levels. I need to be assured that the job market will be operating efficiently in order for me to finance my own education, as well as provide for a family.
ReplyDeleteThis is a big issue for most students what they are going to do after graduation, whether they will be able to find a job. It is interesting that this issue was raised in the presidential debates. However, this kind of question is rhetorical and nobody would ever be able to assure students and other residents of the country that they would definitely find a job and economy would definitely get better. Moreover, none of the candidates can explain exactly how this is going to be done as they can only operate with the general concepts such as "what could be done if..." There are just way to many "ifs" on the road to the better future and people should understand that unless they just want here another lie.
ReplyDeleteOther than that, this is great to see the younger generation to be interested and involved in the election process as they are those people who can make a difference in the future of the country.