Dealers lots are filling up

Let's be honest.... Despite all the recent disparagement of education, the stats are clear. College grads make more money than HS grads. About $30K a year more, depending where you look. Another source shows $900K more lifetime earnings for men, $630K for women. So all sorts of numbers but more is more, right? Yes the neighbor's cousin's plumber friend may be an exception and as they say "exceptions prove the rule." That's not to say every kid should go to college. There are other ways to come by a satisfying career, as posters here have shown. My wife started at a Jr college when she was in her 30s. She turned out to be an exceptionally good student (who knew?) and was recruited for a co-op program. Semesters of class work alternating with work work (paycheck!) and she ended up with a non traditional job that she really liked. FWIW, I'm old enough to remember when (pre-1980s?) the entire political spectrum respected and valued education. Folks ought to wonder why one end of it now prefers their followers to be less informed.