Some trades are excellent careers. Some degrees are terrible investments. Neither of those facts magically makes electricians richer than doctors because they started earning at 19.
That said, saying โtradespeople make far more than the average college graduateโ is a very confident way of announcing youโve never looked at the earnings data...
On average, youโre still better off going to college. And youโre generally not selling your body for the privilege.
Enjoy the fucked knees and back while you wait for that mythical $300k welding salary to kick in.
For every HR girlie on $65k answering emails in air conditioning, there are an awful lot of tradies on $45k destroying their knees while Twitter tells them theyโre secretly richer than dentists.
Thereโs a reason the elite donโt sent their kids to HVAC schoolโฆ. They go to college
@lost_agent_007@CantEverDie And thatโs why those that go to college graduate have $1.2 million more in median lifetime earnings when compared to high school graduates.
Put the fries in the bag bud - donโt need to go to college to learn that!
@TraditionSarah the American dream is open to anyone who is willing to work for it, those who take advantage of societal welfare benefits must go and are leeches that do nothing of value. Sounds like your husband is an economic burden. Why should my taxes go to bailing YOU out