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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only kids who made it out of my dying rust belt town are the ones who went to college. The rest stayed behind and got addicted to opioids. Adventure, I guess. But one I would prefer my children skip. So 529s it is. [/quote]

I suspect you dont know this for sure, and are assuming that the ONLY two paths for your schoolmates were staying home or leaving for college.   People make a lot of assumptions about the paths that are taken to success. Most poor kids struggle to do well in college if they go immediately-- it can be more beneficial to wait a few years to gain maturity and independence.  [/quote]

Exactly. I’d wager that way more kids spend tens of thousands of dollars to attend a few years of college and drop out rather than those who attend trade schools and drop out.

And again arguing that more working class kids should attend trade schools is a talking point of Dems like Joe Biden and Tim Ryan. Everything isn’t bad because Tucker agrees with it. Grow up. [/quote]

Whats interesting is that as college rates have increased, SES mobility rates have decreased. So the evidence that this advice (go to college) should not be standard issue to every child is there for anyone willing to see it. But its heresy so most people wont.

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But if you don’t go, odds are that you all down even more. College isn’t sufficient any more. But it is necessary. Why do you think the kids of this doofus didn’t skip college?[/quote]

Tucker's kids will be successful regardless of college because of their social circle. For his kids, going to a prestigious school is about pedigree-- not about learning essential workplace skills.

Middle class kids are told to major in something they can work in, which demonstrates a stark difference in motivation.  For wealthy kids, college is about refinement, for middle and lower class kids, its essentially a really long and expensive trade school.

What's more...  facts are facts. You cant wish away the fact that as college rates have increased, our economy has gotten more turbulent, especially for people on the wrong side of middle class. I love that you're answer is to double down on the failed social policy of pushing every kid in the US into college.  You may want to take a peak at how countries that dont have widespread inequality have handled this. We are missing entire sectors and industries of skilled labor and higher-level skilled trades that people could work in, but that we outsource to places like Europe. [/quote]

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