Seriously, trade work often involves apprenticeship training, which allows for on the job (while getting paid) training.
We sit and bitch about people not being able to make their living when they're on minimum wage, but why aren't we transitioning minimum wage workers into trade schools where they can quickly move up to middle class income levels within a few short years?
This is a good example of where policy makers are sitting in their fancy offices looking down on the rest of society while telling us all how programs like UBI will solve poverty, income gap, etc when in reality the work to solve those problems already exists, but it is just not politically correct to tell a student that hey, maybe you should take a serious look at being a welder or electrician, because those trades make a decent buck.
A good friend of mine went to Red River College as an electrical apprentice, got his ticket, worked 10 years in a plant as a technician, went independent and now makes over $250k per year. His biggest struggle? Finding someone to help him handle the work, DESPITE the fact that he would pay over $60k per year starting wage for good help.
The work and ability to move up the ladder is there. Our country is just run by a bunch of chicken #####s afraid to tell our kids that they might need to get their hands dirty in order to have a good life.
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