> Tax-financed, obviously. Obviously (as in my New York example.) I am just making the point that this stuff costs people whether it shows up in the article or

> Tax-financed, obviously. Obviously (as in my New York example.) I am just making the point that this stuff costs people whether it shows up in the article or not. > A big difference here is that non-university career paths seem far better accepted than in the USA. I actually think this is one of those things where following "what's acceptable" is going to hurt people, as it often does. For example, there's plumber in my town, one of the things he does is helps people drain their sprinkler systems for the winter. $70 a pop for 20 mins of work, so $210 an hour. I would be very surprised if he has a degree. Meanwhile, someone can have a $240K degree from Columbia in something totally useless and be working in retail for minimum wage. To some degree this person is "more acceptable" because he went to college, but in a real sense this person is powerless, not just despite their degree but in part because of it. That's not a sustainable situation and I can't see this kind of thing continue. As a side not, it's funny that we sometimes make fun of politicians that have support among non-college educated adults. But in my mind, I am much more impressed with someone that my plumber thinks is good, vs the 240k-in-debt Columbia grad.