Posted on 11/12/2015 8:39:42 AM PST by SeekAndFind
I want to know if Rubio was implying welding should be taught in college. Seemed so.
My guess is yes and no.
Yes they make more than the philosophers yelling on the street corners.
But my guess is tenure college philosophers make a lot more than welders.
I talked about this subject with the philosopher who served me my coffee at Starbuck’s this morning and...
In the not too distant past, welders in the oil boom areas of North Dakota were easily pulling in six figures.
If the philosophers go on strike,they will bring the economy to it’s knees.
Are there any high school kids trying to decide whether to weld or philosophize?
Welder a make $10 in the private sector, $18 for government and maybe 180k a year in some Union shipyard I guess.
Who are the philosophers, Farakan types and economists?
One of the principle reasons why welders aren’t earning more is the number of jobs in that field taken over by illegal aliens.
Frankly a hamburger flipper is more valuable to society than a philosophy major. If any job is not even worth minimum wage it is a philosopher.
And which one finds it easier to get a job using their skills/education?
Looks like they are only counting those with actual philosophy jobs.
Most “philosophers” are flipping burgers, or at best pouring drinks.
How many philosophy majors get jobs in philosophy?
The only philosophy major I knew in college went on to medical school.
Numbers can be dug up, tortured and made to confess to anything - for any scenario, really.
The crux of the matter is relative value, and in the context of what Rubio spoke (even though I’ll never vote for him) he was correct. “Philosopy” in the context of a society undergoing a drastic change that emphasizes personal sensibilities and choices over actual work that adds value to the national ‘product’ is absolutely WORTHLESS. Philosophy creates nothing but more abstract philosophers with no definable product except creating more ‘teachers’.
I don’t have it in front of me at the moment, but recently had a bid packet for a prevailing wage job in central Indiana.
IIRC, a master welder was around $60/hr.
Friggin union laborers are making $36
why not compare apples to apples. first it compares ‘median starting salary’ with ‘median mid-career salary’, then it compares AS degrees with BS degrees. it also compares welders (working in their chosen field) with people with philosophy degrees, regardless of what field they’re working in. figures lie and liars figure, i guess
Welders that work on deep sea rigs make far more than philosophers. But then, there are far more fatalities in deep sea welding...
“At the point, what difference does it make”
It doesn’t matter. Rubio wants them both replaced by cheaper foreign versions.
Every welder I know is a better philosopher than any philosopher I know.
“But my guess is tenure college philosophers make a lot more than welders.”
Just further evidence of how screwed up our “values system” is today.
That we pay someone who “contemplates his navel” for a living more than someone who actually provides value to their fellowman is atrocious.
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