Poll: Where do you stand on free tuition to state colleges and universities

[JDPriestly]

83. Even grade school teachers and business owners get MAs.

I qualified my statement by "if you want to get anywhere."

And that is the rub. Most jobs do not pay a living wage nowadays. That's why Bernie is suggesting a $15 minimum wage.

"If you want to get anywhere" means if you want to buy a house or be able to pay for your own child's education.

I know very well that nowadays most people are not earning enough to do those things.

I assure you. I do not live in a rarified world. I live in an area of Los Angeles that is under a gang injunction.

I know what kinds of shops are on Main Street (not the real name of it) in my area of town -- and the people working in them are not earning much money. They are not getting ahead.

Bernie tells us the statistics on who is earning what.

I remember when we moved into our area. My children came home from school and said, "Oh, mother. Our teachers live in this area." That's because teachers earn just enough to live on, and not much more. They, like us, could manage to buy a house in a neighborhood that wasn't all that safe.

I am not living a rarified life. I worked for a homeless shelter for years. I know the reality and that is why I am supporting Bernie Sanders.

It's the Hillary supporters who are incredibly naive about the economic reality that we all face.

The TPP will lower our standard of living still further. I am not looking forward to it.