Billionaire says: "Why not become a plumber instead of going to college?"

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141. You claimed the mayor's comment was a negative comment

because it would depress wages (which is a bullshit claim I will address below). I wanted to see where you posted the same response when Obama said the same thing as the mayor.

Now, as to why it is a bullshit claim - you are stating for a fact that people are being removed from one job pool and going into another, increasing the supply of labor and driving down wages (as an aside, I assume you also oppose our president's view on illegal immigration because of the impact it has on this equation and, therefore, the working class). However, the mayor is not talking to people who would otherwise be a Doctor or an attorney or an accountant. He is talking to people who will most likely not succeed in a college because their strengths lie elsewhere. Most likely, they will go to college, rack up tens of thousands in debt and end up in a trade. He is saying people need to see the trade as a viable, respectable path and not think they have to go to college because EVERYONE says that is what we all must do. Thus, the individual ends up in the same job pool, just without tens of thousands in debt and years of wasted earning potential.