Posted on 07/10/2017 12:02:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Engineers rank high on professions from the “Millionaire Next Door” because they don’t care as much about image and go for value.
Blue collar business owners just tend to stay where they lived and continue to live modestly, growing wealth.
If Congress want to investigate something investigate why college costs so much. Also you don’t need a fancy degree to be a plumber, electrician, carpenter,...
Well, that’s a bit of an oversimplification, of how people make decisions about their lives.
Do you flip houses??
I know an experienced Petroleum Engineer who has been unemployed for nine months now. Nice pay when the price
of oil and gas are high. Otherwise not so much.
One of the worst cases of misplaced compassion hurting everyone involved is “credentialitis” at all levels. One version is requiring someone to have a degree, any degree, to work in childcare.
End result is that many daycare centers push out single mothers to retail or welfare because they don’t have a degree but have years of experience and rely on current or recently graduates with 2-4 year degrees in early childhood education.
By requiring someone to work in a daycare or preschool to have a degree, you’re also putting a higher cost of entry to the profession and raising the price of the talent to something higher than what the working class can afford. And by shifting to younger, inexperienced talent, you get a clueless 22 year old dealing with several toddlers instead of a 30-something with experience.
In the name of helping the children (assuming degree = better care), you hurt working parents, un-degreed workers, and usually the children themselves.
Immigrants come here barely able to speak English, open a convenience store, and quickly are able to come up with the downpayment on a house.
It’s all about work ethic and lifestyle choices.
Looks like the writer’s math takes place in a mysterious far away land of no taxation.
Plus I'm going to guess that the work involves having to spend time at oil fields in remote locations, rather than in a comfortable office?
Best college degreee for home ownership is to skip college and start your own business at age 18 with the money you would have spent.
Really? Why not?
No bank is going to give an 18 yo an uncollateralized $100K loan to start a business.
Surprise, degrees that are harder to get (because of rigorous academics or selective admission practices), lead to earning more money.
Who needs a loan to start a business?
Buy a lawnmower and put it in the back of your truck.
Save up and buy a trailer and larger mowers.
I suggest you have never scrounged to make a living, nor owned your own business.
ECON101: Too much money (gov backed student loans & GI Bill) chasing too few spots.
Yes...I've read that in NY,NJ and CT a property tax bill of $10K/yr is considered reasonable.About the only good thing about living in Massachusetts is that we have "Prop 2 1/2",which means that unless you're in a mansion your property tax is much lower than that.
R U kidding? I did every nasty job you can think of to get thru college.
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