Response to Save the economy:bail out our kids

When addressing the article "Save the economy: bail out our kids", I do think that Rick Dalton made some very good points. In our economic standards right now we all want to save money in as many ways as possible, so showing how much money is saved if the rate of drop outs is decreased appeals to a lot of the audience today. But I do not think he takes in all the perspectives to this argument. Now I do not mean to seem cold by saying this but it is a fact right now. Due to our current economic status there is a very limited job market. If everyone went to college there would be even more competition and more people out of jobs with student loans that would not be able to be paid, and so on. Now I know this wouldn't be a case to the extreme unless all people went to college, but it could still cause problems. Also If a high school student really wants to go to college they will find their way, there are millions of scholarships available not to mention FAFSA, there are ways if students want to help themselves. A lot of the time low income students want to take the easy way out. They see people all around them doing crimes and reeking the benefits, and when its a better lifestyle, or at least seems to be, they take the easier option. Instead of working hard in school, filling out paperwork, and getting a good job to help pay for necessities; they drop out of school and live a life of crime. Even people who have the financial ability and brains to go to college choose not to because its easier. My neighbors nephew began living with the family, he is my age and when I asked him why he did not want to go to college he said this "Why wait for years to start making money, when I can just start not and start saving" He works at a shop where they sell boulders for gardens, and tombstones. While yes he makes good money as apposed to a normal teenager, in the long run, when he can't lift boulders anymore because he's thrown out his back , what is he going to do? He wants money to spend now and freedom from his mother, but when he can no longer support himself later who is he going to go back to? His Mother! As much as a nation can try to keep kids in school, it ultimately comes down to whether the kids want to be there or not. And that is a perspective Rick Dalton did not approach.