Yup. Or at least a masters.
If you want to be doing more than fetching coffee at a low level office, then you should play it safe and set yourself up for success.
What Is A Good Associates Degree To Get To Work In The Political System?
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If you want to be doing more than fetching coffee at a low level office, then you should play it safe and set yourself up for success.
you do realize that as a congressman, you are supposed to write laws do you?
You're not Black
If you pay fine
Till then, I'm getting an Associates.
Jean Jacket
NOPE
Get a practical degree; civil engineering, economics,law.
Volunteer and or start a non-profit.
Bachelor's or higher before you start making big strides.
Volunteer and or start a non-profit.
Bachelor's or higher before you start making big strides.
Last time, I have ZERO aspiration of being a lawyer. I wanna be for the people. Something rare like an HONEST politician who's against corporate money and etc.Go to law school breh, don't half ass it
Why you want to go to MA in particular?
1. I AM blackYou're not Black
If you pay fine
2. Listen to me. Seriously. You don't know everything, as evidenced by most of your posts on here. I HAVE FRIENDS IN POLITICS. You're not going to get hired to work for anyone without a bachelors at a minimum. And you want to become Scott Walker? Thats super rare. That does not happen for black candidates. You should play to win, not just to play. You have no connections. You have no business success. You have nothing that would inspire anyone to vote for you and no real credentials.
A bachelors at a minimum may get you a local political seat, but very local, and you'd need the support of your community which is hard if you live in a large city, and have no credentials (business, academic, etc.) or no money to inspire confidence.
You hate politics? Well you have to play the game, to change the game. And right now, you're not equipped.
Moving there with family and to find work & community college that's it. It's too stressful being here with my parents and etc. Too much drama with them.
Sorry, I don't want to be a corporate politician. That's not my forte and I'm not going to go broke when I can get a bachelors years from now.
Breh, I seriously hope you don't believe this. Politics and money are practically tied together. You may certainly turn campaign money down, but the guy running against you won't.
You don't have to "go broke" but if you had the academic chops, money wouldn't be an option.
Pick a struggle.
What are your goals?
Chances are, that education will help you. Hell, it'll allow you to network even further than you'd get without it.
Don't be stubborn.
If you're dead set on the AA degree, I would do something more practical like some type of trade. At least you would be qualified for a job and stack up money while you pursue your political career. 
BocaRear
The World Is My Country, To Do Good Is My Religion
Breh understanding the Law is absolutely FUNDAMENTAL to becoming a politican
And as @ThreeLetterAgency said, you don't have luxury of white privilege. You're a black male. You need to be the best of the best.
How you gonna play the game of politics without knowing the rules of the game?
You want to help the people right? How can you help them if you don't understand what policies need to be changed, how they can be changed, and the legal protocol of your state
Not just that, but a Law degree provides skills which are essential for a job in politics: such as critical analysis, interpretating ideas and using them to convey and formulate your argument
You put yourself at a SERIOUS disadvantage debating a with Law school graduate breh.
Get your Law degree my brother
If you think an Associates will do anything for you AND you dont want to put in the effort to get a bachelors let alone an advance degree, you should just stick to making trash threads on the coli OP.