Three points on that: 1. Secondary and tertiary education is not all there is to education. A self-learned software engineer might lack a capital-E education,

Three points on that: 1. Secondary and tertiary education is not all there is to education. A self-learned software engineer might lack a capital-E education, but has still spent significant time and effort on learning. 2. Education is one of many aspects of a successful life, at least as important is conscientiousness, diligence, intelligence and luck. 3. The US benefits from many virtuous cycles. In regards to the labor force it is able to attract a lot of the best talent in the world. Given the current political climate in the US, it seems prudent to point out that point 3 isn't just true for business-men, doctors and other nerds, undocumented immigrants are some of the hardest-working people out there. They contribute almost 100b in taxes alone, and get almost no services in return.