However, opponents to the funding beyond secondary education and the America’s College Promise act refer to community college’s low completion rates create a financial strain on government support. A study of community college’s by the American Institute for Research in Washington found that “federal, state and local governments spent nearly $4 billion over five years on full-time community college students who dropped out after their first year without completing a certificate or degree program” (Hosansky par. 20). With jobs that require no college skills lost to international competition creating changes in the job market, post-secondary education is a necessity to advance beyond poverty. Without further education, joblessness would require
