in fact i was talking with fellow law professors about one of michael lind article about the locationof the working class in his response was i would find that persuasive if i hadn't seen my electricians house. [laughter] being an electrician is good work and there's no reason why a smart person can't be an electrician. the story said the sad thing for these people as they had gone to college and run up the debt before deciding to become plumbers and electricians. they would have been much better off if they skip the college stage entirely but according to the article guidance counselors in high school don't want to tell smart people that trade. smart people make better electricians. electricians make good money. people in skilled trades make good money and they often make a lot more money than people would than people with pdas and in the coming years on these hands-on jobs is that they can't be outsourced to bangalore. back in the 90s we heard from robert rush from robert russian michael lind about the growing hegemony of the symbolic analysts and knowledge workers and how they were

host: michael lind, we will conclude with you.hey addressed people because of misfortune or a downturn needed income or needed in -- needed assistance. regions orome from backgrounds which have not prepared them to take advantage of the opportunities out there, they need supplementary help. provided on a local an individual basis. allow them to take advantage of the very considerable resources that the federal and state governments provide. host: -- gentlemen, thank you for being with us. we are going to continue our look at president johnson and his great society program. at the johnson library in texas, a look at his legacy and the words of president barack obama. video clip] >> there are those who look at government as the source of all that ails us and that poverty is due to the moral failings of those who suffer from it. argueare also those who that nothing has changed. that racism is so embedded in use to that there is no try and politics. that the game is rigged. such theories ignore history. it is true that despite laws li

back in the 90s we heard stuff from robert reisch and michael lind about the growing hegemony of thesymbolic knowledge workers and how they would run the world. here's the problem with being a knowledge worker. when your knowledge worker you are in competition with every smart person on the planet thanks to the internet. when you are a toilet fix or you are only in competition with people within a 15 to 30 minute drive. that's a real advantage so i think those kinds of things might be better. other possible alternatives, one thing i think the whole model of education as we have pursued it recently is probably obsolete where things change rapidly in people with a long time. the old model got her of education upfront -- upfront go to high school and college and you are set for life. you go cruising with down life's's highway driving on the education you pontin before. that's not so valid now because people change a lot. people change careers a lot and some careers of people used to have go away. there's a sad story of my law firm about a guy who came up for partner and civil aeronautic

robert woodson for the center of neighbor enterprise and michael lind of the new america foundation will join us to talk about lbj's goal of ending poverty through the civil rights act and economic opportunity act.

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robert woodson for the center of neighbor enterprise and michael lind of the new america foundation will join us to talk about lbj's goal of ending poverty through the civil rights act and economic opportunity act. and the discussion continues spakovsky from the heritage foundation and nicole -hillery. >> i am sarah. >> i am shelley. >> this is a multimedia education center. along with your television provider we bring c-span2 you and your community. to learn more about the bus and our schedule, go to c-span.org/about/community. you can send us a tweet or e-mail us. >> this week a burial service was held at arlington national sermon terry -- ellington national cemetery. month killed early this in afghanistan. major general greene was the highest-ranking u.s. officer to be killed in combat since the vietnam war. [gun salutes] ♪ ["taps"] ♪ ["america the beautiful"] ♪ ♪ ♪ a quick look at what's ahead today on c-span. fromwill have highlights this years's consumer electronics affair in washington dc. or that and appeal appeal oral argument on ohio same-sex marriage ban. next, "what's so grea