Government Says Educated Folk Work More, Earn More

The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration says that the more you go to school, the more you earn and the more likely to you will work (providing the entire global financial system doesn't slide into the sea along with the polar ice cap). So we need a smart and well-educated nation. People need the motivation and means to go to college and, especially, access to the sciences and engineering schools. I'd also argue we need a nation of creative and innovative thinkers.