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Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:05 pm to TrueTiger
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Carpenters, plumbers, electricians and mechanics, etc., are needed and are valuable.
This is very true.
This country is losing craftsmen.
Finding mechanics and electricians are difficult.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:07 pm to kingbob
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I think the mentality that all kids had to go to college started around the late 80s and grew through the 90s into the 2000s.
It predates that - it was the late boomers - kids born in the late 50s - if you'll recall, the U.S. started losing the manufacturing war to Asia in the 1970s. That triggered the move towards information sector and other service/professions and away from manufacturing-related as a "go to" work 20 to 30 years and get a pension job.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:07 pm to House_of Cards
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There is no shame in making $50,000/year working a blue-collar and starting the workforce at age 19 as opposed to starting at 22 and making even less. working a "college degree job."
Well, we've outsourced damn near every job that isn't "service worker" or "knowledge worker" - for starters.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:09 pm to House_of Cards
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There is no shame in making $50,000/year working a blue-collar and starting the workforce at age 19 a
Lol 19 year olds make $50k right out of high school?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:10 pm to 13SaintTiger
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Lol 19 year olds make $50k right out of high school?
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:12 pm to 13SaintTiger
I know some that will make $50k when they are 20
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:13 pm to Sheep
A college degree is a membership card, and membership has its benefits.
I don't regret one penny of my student loans.
BUT
I didn't get a PhD in Babylonian Astrology and then wonder why I couldn't find a job.
I don't regret one penny of my student loans.
BUT
I didn't get a PhD in Babylonian Astrology and then wonder why I couldn't find a job.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:14 pm to yankeeundercover
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When America declared a war on infrastructure
When did this happen? I was not aware.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:14 pm to Modern
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I know some that will make $50k when they are 20
I don't care who you know, that isn't normal now and it wasn't normal 20 years ago.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:14 pm to 13SaintTiger
50K could be a bit high.
A job making 15/Hr and averaging 10 hrs of OT a week is almost 43K.
A job making 15/Hr and averaging 10 hrs of OT a week is almost 43K.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:15 pm to 19
In our family it was just assumed that we would all go.
One side of the family has 7 grandchildren with 7 degrees.
80's and 90's mentality I guess
One side of the family has 7 grandchildren with 7 degrees.
80's and 90's mentality I guess
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:15 pm to House_of Cards
I was born in 78 and not going to college was never an option for me, I never even considered not going for a second. Its something everyone in my family does and has done because we are not trashy. 
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:18 pm to TigerFred
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A job making 15/Hr and averaging 10 hrs of OT a week is almost 43K
I think your math is a bit off, 10hrs a day, 50 a week is like 34k. Unless the OT pays a bonus.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:19 pm to TigerFred
quote:That sounds like a great quality of life
and averaging 10 hrs of OT a week is almost 43K
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:22 pm to 13SaintTiger
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A job making 15/Hr and averaging 10 hrs of OT a week is almost 43K
I think your math is a bit off, 10hrs a day, 50 a week is like 34k. Unless the OT pays a bonus.
I've never worked hourly, but I've always heard over time was paid at time and a half. Is that not the case?
ETA: I would also be very depressed if I was working 50 hours a week and not making more than 43k a year
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:26 pm to lsu480
quote:this but born in '93
I was born in 78 and not going to college was never an option for me, I never even considered not going for a second. Its something everyone in my family does and has done because we are not trashy.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:28 pm to 13SaintTiger
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I think your math is a bit off, 10hrs a day, 50 a week is like 34k. Unless the OT pays a bonus.
OT is time and a half so its $42,900
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:29 pm to House_of Cards
It started around the mid to late sixties ... and this country has gone steadily downhill since.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 3:30 pm to Epic Cajun
Well the hypocrisy in the OP is strong. He claims that 19 year olds can make $50k but he's probably one of the same ones complaining about millinials wanting $100k after going through college.
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