The tie between education and the health of the economy is a far from tenuous one.
As a nation, we drastically shrink our talent pool and our ability to compete on the global stage when we trade bodies in our college classrooms for bodies on the streets, in jails, or even underground. We give way to the rise in influence of China and India and saddle the next generation with a workforce unfit for competition, perennially unemployed and underemployed. The cost in human and economic capital is too much to bear. We should, instead, tap into the amazing reservoir of talent that is our youth, equipping them with the skills and experience that will strengthen our workforce and boost our competitiveness.
Today's segment tackled the issue of education, and how an investment in education and training will lay the foundation for an economic resurgence.
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This Rangel TV series looks at the Congressman's recent remarks laying out a vision for this country and segments it to highlight how a wide range of issues are interrelated.
Previous Installments:
3.17.09: The Anatomy of a Vision, Part I
3.18.09: The Anatomy of a Vision, Part II
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