There is a rather strange bill going through the committees, HB 1140, which gives “need” scholarships to people who have worked for minimum wage for at least 18 months. The scholarships are a healthy amount–up to $11,000 per year for four years, and it would appear that these scholarships will have precedence over other need scholarships. The bill has strong bipartisan support, with many sponsors on both sides of the aisle, despite some perturbing incentives. The longer somebody works for minimum wage, the more likely they are to qualify, so forget the promotion, forget the better job. There is now a penalty for having the skills to work a $10 or $12 an hour job
And forget going into the military to pay for your higher education with GI benefits. The state of North Carolina now equates “serving your country” with “serving your country french fries.”
Maybe someday politicians will figure out that if everybody in the country gets a PhD, then we will need to hire doctorates to work the drive-thru. And that subsidizing the education of said PhDs is probably not the most effecient use of resources. But I’m not holding my breath.
