I believe that blue collar jobs are the ones that will pay the most and be in the highest demand in the future.

The other day I heard a radio interview with a guy who has a phd in philosophy and now owns a motorcycle repair shop. He wrote a book about the phenomenon. Our national school system has dropped shop in favor of more computer stuff in the belief that we will need it to be competitive in the future.

The results are that we have an over educated population of employees that can not even changer their own oil. There is a drain of smart people with technical skills and a drive for entrepreneurship. If you are smart enough to set up an electrical panel and can run your own business you will be a wealthy person.

All my high school friends who went straight into the trades have done well. Most of my college educated peers have run into trouble. The future belongs to responsible, skilled vocational workers who own a business. People with business degrees and the associated employee mentality can end up working as a teller at a bank or at starbucks.

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