[Toddsterpatriot]

It’s no longer possible for a lower to middle, middle class family of, say 6 or 8, to support itself on only the dad’s income. In the seventies, this was not only possible, but very common.

How common? 80% of the families? 50%? 20%?

What I mean by college degree escalation is that too many jobs require too much schooling.

True.

I’d say 75 % of the jobs requiring a college degree could be done by someone without a college degree.

A high school diploma used to mean you learned something. Now it means you warmed a seat for 4 years.

Too many people are wasting 4 years(or more) of their lives getting a worthless degree

A bachelors degree today is the only way an employer can be assured they're hiring someone who can read and write. Usually.

[eyedigress]

I agree with you on this. A degree implies a modicum of effort.

[mamelukesabre]

A bachelors degree today is the only way an employer can be assured they're hiring someone who can read and write. Usually.

This is the problem. It's not very economically efficient to delay a citizen's entry into the workforce by 4 to 6 years just so the employer can weed out the ones that can't read. Also, that delay is costing the individual and the government big money in the form of tuition. The way things are going, in another 40 years, a 4 year degree will be meaningless and everyone will have masters degrees. Then what will the drain on society be? How can we keep going if people are not allowed to earn enough to support a family until after they are near the end of their reproductive years? When that happens, the only babies born will be those born to the slugs and imbeciles on public assistance.

I say eliminate all government assistance to college students and universities. Then cut way back on public assistance programs of all kinds.