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[–] nik282000 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Because we tell kids NOT to get productive jobs.

If you don't stay in school you'll be a plumber

I must have heard a thousand versions of that through the 90s telling me that the punishment for not getting an education was going to be construction or factory work.

[–] Rodeo 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a time when those productive jobs paid as well or better than white collar jobs.

Not anymore. Not unless you own the business.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Plenty of them still do, I've got friends who are builders and electricians and they're making nearly double what I do in an office job.

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