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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, the student loans to get the useless associates' degree was the first of many poor decisions.  The "No Child Left Behind" law made people like Allyson think that a degree, any degree, in any subject, would be enough to create and maintain a stable economic existence.  We would be better off, as a country, if we would bring back a lot more vocational ed and offer a lot more direction and incentive in the community college sphere towards steering the Allysons (and her male counterparts) into more skilled trades. There is a huge dearth of young people who know how to be electricians, plumbers, medical technicians, mechanics---the last 25 years of educational policy have made people think they are somehow "less than" the college educated if they pursue those fields.  But no one is outsourcing those jobs to India or the Philippines.  And unskilled immigrants can't easily acquire those jobs because they don't have the language skills to obtain the necessary training.  [/quote]

It works in Germany because white collars pros - docs and lawyers don’t have the same salary premium as basic tradesman.
The college premium is lower.

I agree with your sentiment, but ONLY in conjunction with a much stronger wealth redistribution system.

Otherwise you won’t get buy in as a whole from society.

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