High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads Line Up for University

Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by airstrike on Thursday April 26, 2018 @03:39PM (#16934933)

Some of these people are farmers living in Bumblefuck, IO, though, where $31,000 can mean you live like a king.

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by astrange on Friday April 27, 2018 @07:26AM (#16939899)

Not everything is available to the rich. I work at an infinitely rich tech company (as many do) and we still can't find people to fill positions, 'cause they don't exist.

Similarly, a poor person and rich person in middle of nowhere Iowa can get the same amount of Iowa (though whoever's less time-poor wins) but neither of them can buy living in NYC.

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Re:High-Paying Trade Jobs Sit Empty, While High School Grads... by airstrike on Friday April 27, 2018 @02:24PM (#16943012)

My point still stands. A dollar isn't worth the same anywhere you go. Looking at national median income isn't really useful.

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