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**MzTT** · 12-01-2007, 02:49 PM

Yeah there was a time in America where you could get vocational training work in a factory producing goods and make enough for your family. Welding, construction, electricians these are the leftover jobs from when America was an industrial power. However thanks to the "free market" people out there who all decided that they didn't want to pay living wages to Americans, those jobs are now overseas. It's NOT a coincidence that the fall of the industrial union happens at the exact rate that college becomes increasingly the only option for people who don't want to scrape by for a living. There are exceptions of course but they are VERY rare and auto repair, Im sorry, there aren't enough jobs for that.

You can still get vocational training and can still work in a wide variety of fields without a degree. Additionally, there is nothing stopping someone from starting their own business.

Do you realize most of the nation does not have a degree or work in degree-required fields?

12-01-2007, 02:49 PM	#40
MzTT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 665 Senior Member	Yeah there was a time in America where you could get vocational training work in a factory producing goods and make enough for your family. Welding, construction, electricians these are the leftover jobs from when America was an industrial power. However thanks to the "free market" people out there who all decided that they didn't want to pay living wages to Americans, those jobs are now overseas. It's NOT a coincidence that the fall of the industrial union happens at the exact rate that college becomes increasingly the only option for people who don't want to scrape by for a living. There are exceptions of course but they are VERY rare and auto repair, Im sorry, there aren't enough jobs for that. You can still get vocational training and can still work in a wide variety of fields without a degree. Additionally, there is nothing stopping someone from starting their own business. Do you realize most of the nation does not have a degree or work in degree-required fields?
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