Today in the mail I got a letter from one of my state’s senators congratulating me for graduating.

Your skills, abilities, and knowledge will prove invaluable not only to you, but also to our state. —— is strengthened by every college graduate through the application of their skill and expertise. I appreciate your devotion to advancing yourself and the state, especially in the difficult circumstances we are face with today.

Lovely sentiment. At the moment I’m using my college degree to better a fast food establishment. I’m totally applying all my skills and advancing the state by fattening them up and taking their cash. Mr. Senator how about channeling some of your appreciation to get me a job in my field? If college degrees are so important and you want me to stay in the state how about creating some jobs or raising the minimum wage to the state’s estimated living wage?