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In reply to the discussion: Democratic Socialist [View all]Babel_17
(5,400 posts)"College" has come to be the catch all panacea for unemployment. I think that obscures a bit the larger point that's it about being prepared for jobs, and having an economy that produces them.
That's why I mention getting skills that lead directly to employment.
I often spoke about this to my co-worker who was born in Italy (came over as an adolescent). He says that over there your guidance counselor would have a frank talk with your parents and wasn't shy about recommending a trade school. In Europe the trades do quite well.
Lol, he'd say "If a kid didn't have it to go to go to college, the counselor might advise, 'You're a cabinet builder? I think your kid should enter the family business."
I frankly question the feasibility of an economy not more grounded in the fundamentals. Our work force is at the mercy of the multi-nationals when we give up on what we used to do. When we're more a nation of producers, we have more leverage, imo.