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Old 08-17-2006, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ufdale
I don't about you all, but I bet a lot of people wouldn't even be going to college if they could make a decent salary at McDonalds. I think most people go to college to try and earn a better salary for when they're older and the low pay at unskilled jobs gives that incentive. Higher skilled jobs will make more money.
Lately though it seems like the prices of everything has shot through the roof on gas, groceries to toiletries.
What is a "higher skilled job"? Is it a Marketing Manager or a CEO or is it a Plumber or Electrician?

I don't know what it's like in the US, but here in Canada, everyone and their mother goes to University, to get that degree that will give them "higher skills", but those degrees are a dime a dozen. I know so many people that have done a B.Comm thinking they were going into the world of high financing and would be starting at a 6 figure salary. Instead, they work as a bank teller making $25,000 a year.
However, we are really desperate for skilled trades people like Plumbers and Electricians and Masons. Jobs many people think are for the lower classes, where workers don't make any money. In fact, these are the people that are making the money.
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