> I'd also like to point out, its always been tough for young kids to get into the job market without college degrees.
No it wasn't, you're just not going back far enough. The 2000s (when you said you went to school) isn't far back enough. We're talking 1950's, 60's, 70's, 80's it definitely wasn't tough for a young person to get a job without a degree. 90's is when that started to change.
My dad actually quit going to college in the late 70's because grocery store jobs (cashier, stocking) were easy to get and were paying better than what he could expect with what he was studying in college. That's definitely not true anymore.
No it wasn't, you're just not going back far enough. The 2000s (when you said you went to school) isn't far back enough. We're talking 1950's, 60's, 70's, 80's it definitely wasn't tough for a young person to get a job without a degree. 90's is when that started to change.
My dad actually quit going to college in the late 70's because grocery store jobs (cashier, stocking) were easy to get and were paying better than what he could expect with what he was studying in college. That's definitely not true anymore.