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Originally Posted by trm0002
Like I said- don't mean to pry, but thanks for your answer(s)- all who did. And Happy Birthday (belated). 
What I was trying to illustrate is what I said earlier; very few people are getting into what has long been considered the "skilled trades". Not to belittle your field in any way; it too is a very necessary, integral part of today's society. Point being that our society is moving from "manual labor" do-ers to thinkers for lack of a better term. Who today goes to college to become a skilled factory worker or a plumber or a pipe-fitter or or or... Even the "trade" schools today are 99% IT. Nothing gets built by IT graduates; well, that might not be fair but you know what I mean. There is an increasing stigma about working in manufacturing; you know having a "dirty" job where you can't wear khakis and a button-down shirt to work. This country was built by BUILDING things not buying them built from somewhere overseas and shipping them in. That's what's happening and that is a major issue that if not corrected, WILL ultimately be our downfall. We were the most industrious nation on the planet and that's what made us the most powerful. Not in the sense of supreme over others but able to take care of ourselves without them.
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All about supply and demand, IMO. If everyone is working white collar there will be a lack of people working blue coller work, and who knows, the white collars may be getting minimum wage while blue collars may get rich.
Not an expert in economics or anything, but that is just my view (the economy will sort itself out) until someone convinces me otherwise.