The reputation of the college you went to doesn't get you [all of the things that are influenced by the reputation of the college that you went to]
I don't know what you're smoking here, you've clearly never applied for a job on Wall Street. That is literally the second thing the headhunter will ask you, right after: "Is it legal for you to work in the US?"
Certainly, the name doesn't get you those things by itself - the greatest correlating factor with a person's salary is the wealth of their parents. But the name of their school is up there.
So just where is the A-10 deficient in support of ground troops?
Well... any time there's a target which isn't directly in front of it.
I don't know why you're talking about the F-35, either in this post or the one above. That isn't the topic at hand. Yes, the F-35 is an even bigger waste of money. This fact is irrelevant.
Force needed to accelerate 2.2lbs of cookies = 1 Fig-newton to 1 meter per second