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by sjg007 3038 days ago
I don't think anyone expects a BS to be high status. It's one path. I know plenty of successful people in the trades. One thing with the trades though is that it can be hard on your body so you have to move to management/ownership as you age. But yes, education is too expensive. I think of student loans as a direct tax on education paid to universities to offset their direct loss in state funds. What I feel is immoral is that the interest is captured by private corporations when the loans are guaranteed by the Feds.
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> I know plenty of successful people in the trades.

Good for them, but it's an anecdote. People with bachelors degrees make 70% more, per the article.