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To: golfer72 who wrote (14524)	1/18/2009 3:44:15 PM
From: kidl	7 Recommendations Read Replies (1) of 50437

>>>His comment on College was interesting. Always thought that was a bubble that will burst also. Spending exorbitant amounts for a degree with no real jobs available is absurd.<<< I think that bubble, if there ever was one, burst MANY years ago. There was and still is a shortage of skilled trades people. Hard to find a cab driver who is a trained plumber, electrician, pipe fitter, whatever. I have met lots of cabbies with college or university degrees. Haven't you? There are all kinds of studies around which prove that a skilled trades person's lifetime income can match, even exceed that of a college of university graduate. Factor in the cost / length of the "gold plated" education and the trades person wins hands down. Trades we will always need no matter how bad the economy is. We need plumbing to work. He need electrical systems to work. We need our older cars fixed and and and ... BUT we certainly don't need to employ the well / over educated with no specific skills who contribute virtually nothing to the global economy. That includes the vast majority of economists, anal-ysts, bankers, brokers, government employees, politicians etc.

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