It's sad that so many people never realize their potential because they set their sights so low.
Sam, best think again about “low skilled workers”.
Some of those falling in your blanket category have $100K+ per year jobs. And not a small number - quite a few.
If you’re talking about the manufacturing equivalent of hamburger flippers, yeah, those jobs are going away, or gone.
But there are still a large number of well paid jobs that don’t require college.