> I blame the recession more than any stigma. There is a stigma around working at McDonalds, not skilled trades. For at least thirty years we have been telling

> I blame the recession more than any stigma. There is a stigma around working at McDonalds, not skilled trades. For at least thirty years we have been telling our children that, in order to be successful, they need to go to college. We remind them of this constantly; college is the goal. That message implies that anything else is less than. There is definitely a stigma regarding trade skills, but not necessarily one we explicitly put forward.