The makers of The Chronicle Review asked scholars and illustrators to answer this question: What will be the defining idea of the coming decade, and why? Camille Paglia expresses her concerns for our country’s stability and economy through a brief essay. She discusses political issues such as outsourcing and even suggests that the modern college education is inadequate for today’s society. She explains that college mainly prepares students for jobs that focus on skills in office situations, and it needs to stress more on skills in manual labor.
I strongly agree with Paglia's statement, "College education, which was hugely expanded after World War II and sold as a basic right, is doing a poor job of preparing young people for life outside of a narrow band of the professional class." Only one out of every five college graduates are hired within the first six months of graduation, according to one of the leaders of Walgreen’s. Jobs are lost everyday due to companies downsizing or choosing to use foreign labor. When a company chooses to move its factory to a different country because it will have cheaper labor, the company is outsourcing its potential jobs. There are not enough "office jobs" to substantially support our economy. In order to keep America running smoothly we need to get back to the basics and supply Americans with manual labor. Stop outsourcing and allow the Americans to do the dirty work. This will allow an immense increase in the number of available jobs in our country.
Paglia’s article brings up many issues in our nation’s economy. Our middle class is being denied hundreds of possible opportunities, because businesses are willing to do anything possible to save a little money. If businesses would suck it up and pay the extra price for American employees, then there would be a better circulation of currency in our country. If they gave more Americans a steady income, the average American would have more money to spend. The money a business gave to an American would either directly or indirectly go straight back into that business one way or another.
Paglia’s article brings up many issues in our nation’s economy. Our middle class is being denied hundreds of possible opportunities, because businesses are willing to do anything possible to save a little money. If businesses would suck it up and pay the extra price for American employees, then there would be a better circulation of currency in our country. If they gave more Americans a steady income, the average American would have more money to spend. The money a business gave to an American would either directly or indirectly go straight back into that business one way or another.
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