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Your point about education hit the mark with me. I was raised in a poor family with only high school educations. Fortunately for me, the Calif state college system was very inexpensive and I decided to attend while working nights. I recall paying about $50 for a load of classes and $100 for (used) books per semester. This was just before Reagan came into office in Calif and began the trashing the system. I (and my wife) were fortunate to both get degrees and begin careers while raising a family.

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Yes, if you are a certain age (Reagan was in business as Governor when I was at UC) you feel like you dodged a bullet!

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Of course it hit the three children who are still saddled with debt in their 40s and 50s.

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It was Reagan that stump my formal education and that of many other friends and relatives. Took me a while longer but while not easy, I overcame the battle.

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