Bloomburge is starting to sound almost conservative on some issues.
“On education, Bloomberg said the U.S. should deliver the kind of schooling that will help people become self-sustainable and increase a sense of dignity. If a person has the option of going to Harvard or becoming a plumber, he said he would suggest thinking about the plumbing career.
“The Harvard graduate on average will never catch up to a plumber,” Bloomberg said. “Partially because the first four years — instead of spending $60,000, you make $60,000.””
His education realisim alone is interesting.
Don’t get Bloomberg wrong. He’d never expect someone he knows, or the children of anyone he associates with to opt for the life of a plumber over the life of a Harvard grad.
(And those Harvard grads who choose to optimize their earnings easily surpass the plumber.)