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Honestly big student loans are the problem. Kid one goes to college, graduates with a degree in musical theater, has a $120k debt and gets a $50k first job in
by indymike 5y ago
Honestly big student loans are the problem.
Kid one goes to college, graduates with a degree in musical theater, has a $120k debt and gets a $50k first job in marketing. Kid two does two years an a plumbing apprentice. She's been making $45k per year, has no debt and just got her license... And is now making $90k.
- bejelentkezni 5y agoStudent loans are a big problem but it's not because trade jobs exist. It's because the federal government subsidizes tuition without bothering to pass any laws to cap it. Conveniently lobbied for in turn by public universities, all paid for with the public's money, turning around and selling patents to capitalists and reselling the stadium to the public. And making off like bandits. And don't kid yourself, any given city where a marketer makes $50k, even before commissions, will not be seeing plumbers make $90k.
- indymike 5y ago> And don't kid yourself, any given city where a marketer makes $50k, even before commissions, will not be seeing plumbers make $90k. Well... about that... Case in point: Indianapolis, In. Average marketing job pay: $55k. Average Plumber $78K (as of 2020). Ok, it's not $90K, but that is the average. It's similar in other cities.