The Rude Pundit - Scott Walker Doesn't Have a College Degree, But You Should

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4. Given the advantages a college degree confers, financially

I find the idea of someone who has obviously benefited from *his* degree tacitly encouraging others to skip getting their own, distasteful.

There are a number of kids, I suppose, who coast through the experience. My dad was one. Until he actually drank too much to show up consistently and failed out. During Vietnam. With a low draft number.

Three years later he returned to college, courtesy of the GI bill, and graduated with a 4.0.

True, college isn't for everyone.

That's why we need strong unions in addition to strong universities. The argument that you don't necessarily need college works a lot better when people have decent working or middle class job opportunities. But when you are gutting academic institutions at the same time you are undermining the unions who fight for living wages, well, I call bullshit.