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any who want jobs have high school educations and cannot find decent opportunities.   Labeling them as uneducated is a stretch.[/quote]
But having a President who will somehow get companies to bring back manufacturing jobs is not capitalism.  It's gov't inserting itself.  So, all those Trump supporters who hate that gov't is getting too big, meddling, are saying that they do want the gov't to meddle, but only if it benefits them.

The days of good jobs for low skilled workers are gone.  Do people want us to go back to the 50's when these types of jobs were plentiful?  In order to get a good paying job these days you either need a college education or some training in a specific field.  What is the definition of "poorly educated" -- not having a HS diploma would fit into this category.  So, these folks want good paying jobs with benefits but not have to even finish HS?  That is what I call entitled, and this is partly what's killing America.[/quote]

Some people, genetically, just are not academics and never will be.  They can be very nice people, very talented with physical work, but just never will write essays on "catcher in the rye".  What should those people do?  Just crawl under a rock and die?[/quote]

People need to at least finish HS, and get some training.    This isn't the 1950's where you can get a good job without finishing HS.  These people weren't left behind by society; these people stuck their heads in the sand and refused to come into the 21st century.

I have a family member like this.  He laments that everything is done electronically.  He refuses to learn to use a computer and still wants to be able fax documents and use an electronic typewriter.

I have another family member who doesn't have a college degree.  This person got laid off from a receptionist job.  She took unemployment and went to job-training programs that were offered by the EDD.  She is now employed again, but doesn't get paid very much.

There are actually some pretty high paying jobs that don't require a college degree, but they do require training in a specific field, like highly skilled machinists.  These people can get paid close to $100K/yr, and companies are having a hard time finding qualified workers.  The Electrician that came over to our house to do some work told us about how he can't find qualified people to hire.  He is willing to train, but some of the guys he's tried to train can't do simple math or are too lazy.  He owns the company and wants to retire from doing the electrical work but still run the company, but he can't because he can't find good  people, even if he is willing to train.

Finish HS, get some training, and don't expect the gov't to find you a job.[/quote]

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