[edcoil]

“What are some other unglamorous jobs, that don't require a college degree, that pay well?”

A dock worker sitting in a crane all day at the LA Ports unloading cargo makes over $100,000. A sheriff, in OC with overtime has made over $150,000.

But we are not talking about a plumber, owning a large plumbing company with several plumbers working for you is very lucrative. If you listen to Joe the Plumber, its about taking his money and giving it to someone else that is the issue. Why should he be taxed 39% of his income when another American pays nothing for their government.

[frog in a pot]

“...its about taking his money and giving it to someone else that is the issue.”

That is the heart of it.

In the beginning, before government welfare programs, an individual could either

work - produce,

go to family, friends or the local church for help, or

starve.

Not a bad formula, it attracted and produced a lot of amazing people.