Television personality and work advocate Mike Rowe appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher last night and talked about the explosion of student debt while also sounding the alarm over the inability of companies and government agencies to fill high-paying trade jobs.
There was a political angle to his comments as well, as Rowe pointed out that the DSA is not a working-class movement as much as it is a movement of people who have useless college degrees and are saddled with student loan debt, a point that Victor Davis Hanson has made repeatedly.
Transcript by Overton News:
ROWE: “I don’t know if you saw this, but the stat that got me within the democratic party right now, 59% of Democrats who support socialism have college degrees.”“40% who support socialism don’t.”“So this thing that’s being called a ‘worker uprising,’ it’s really not. It’s not.”“This is happening because a lot of people with a really expensive credential are in the hole in a big way.”“And they are pissed. And I don’t blame them honestly.”“You can say what you want about it, but they took our advice, man.”“They took our advice.”“We said borrow whatever it takes. Go follow your dream. And then go get your dream job. And that was a bunch of nonsense!”
Watch the clip below:
In this clip, Rowe talks about all of the unfilled jobs.
Transcript by the Vigilant Fox:
ROWE: “Not a week goes by when I don’t get a call from some CEO… elected official… freaking out.””They’ve done the math: for every five tradespeople who retire, two come in. It’s been that way for about 12 years now.”“Jim Farley (Ford CEO) told me he’s got 5,000 empty bays at Ford. These are AI-proof six-figure jobs, right? $120,000 a year. He can’t fill them.”
Watch:
This country desperately needs more plumbers, mechanics, and electricians. Meanwhile, young people are going into debt earning worthless college degrees.
At what point do we actually address this problem?
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