either in college or some apprenticeship program that will get you a way to make a decent living then something is wrong with you."
So said a plumber I know.
It really makes sense. There is opportunity out there.
I watched a guy get out of the Marine Corps a while ago and take a minimum wage job for a very brief period of time until he could get into an apprenticeship program.
It didn't take a whole lot of time for him to decide that the apprenticeship was in a trade that was pretty seasonal and he decided to try for something a little better.
Right now he's in a training program learning to be a state policeman and I'd bet we're going to wind up with a pretty good state cop out on the streets when he graduates.
I'm getting burned out on hearing all of this raise the minimum wage crap going on right now. Old Jug ears in the White House seems to think that this will make everything all right.
Now burger flippers will be able to afford a house in the suburbs with a pretty little picket fence around it is what he seems to think.
Truth is the price of the house is just going to rise in proportion to the rise of the minimum wage and the minimum wage earners are still going to be living in the same place they are now.
The only thing that is going to change is the price of everything which will rise to keep things at status quo.
Of course the responsible people that saved will see the value of their saving shrink but that's to be expected. The responsible people in this country generally are the ones to get the shaft.
The truth of the matter is that it isn't the responsibility of the government to hand out pay raises by raising the minimum wage. It's the responsibility of the individual to take it upon himself to make himself more valuable.
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Pic, you're usually wrong, but like the broken clock that's correct twice a day, you sometimes do hit on truths. "Old jug ears" has done a pretty good job overall, but you're right; he hasn't done anywhere near enough to improve the economic system. I get the feeling that he's owned by Wall Street.
ReplyDeleteMike Rowe has a scholarship program for people wanting to get into the skilled trades. He will give the 15 grand to go to trade school.
ReplyDeleteI went to trade school about a year after the Marines to learn to be a electrician. Of course I spent most of my working life in the transportation trades but my electrical training has come in handy over the years.