Mayor Bloomberg's Advice to Students: Become Plumbers
Mayor Bloomberg's Advice to Students: Become Plumbers
A college education won’t necessarily fatten your pockets, but the billionaire mayor of New York City has a suggestion he wants students to consider before they sign any costly tuition checks: what about becoming a plumber?
Yes, that’s career advice courtesy of New York’s Michael Bloomberg: the Big Apple’s media mogul-turned-billionaire mayor who recently led an unsuccessful campaign to ban oversized sugary drinks in his city. Now after making a name for himself as the nanny of Manhattan, Mayor Bloomberg is apparently already considering another career change — this time as guidance counselor.
During his weekly radio show on Friday, Bloomberg shared some words with listeners looking for career advice. It’s no secret that jobs are hard to come by nowadays, and the amount of debt brought on by unpaid college loans now surpasses what Americans owe on their credit cards. Mayor Bloomberg offered his input on the issue during last week’s show, and said students who aren’t destined for the top of the class should consider another option that’s not so costly.
“The people who are going to have the biggest problem are college graduates who aren't rocket scientists, if you will, not at the top of their class," Bloomberg said. "Compare a plumber to going to Harvard College – being a plumber, actually for the average person, probably would be a better deal."
“You don’t spend ... four years spending $40,000, $50,000 in tuition without earning income,” the mayor added.
Later, Bloomberg explained that some vocational jobs — like plumbing — won’t ever been outsourced overseas or replaced by machines.
“It’s hard to farm that out ... and it’s hard to automate that,” he said.
One day later, the mayor had similar words for the graduating class of Ohio’s Kenyon College. According to Fox News, Bloomberg told graduates on Saturday that “I know that today’s job market is not easy,” and acknowledged, “...today, if I interview a recent college grad who tells me he or she spent the summer curing cancer, bringing peace to the Middle East, and writing the Great American Novel – I’m impressed.
Again, however, the mayor said dreams of being successful shouldn’t be dashed just because college isn’t in the cards. “I’m more likely to hire the person who spent his or her summer working days, nights, and weekends for an auto-body shop or a construction company in order to pay tuition or help with family bills,” Bloomberg told the crowd.
Comment
"Destroying the New World Order"
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!
Latest Activity
- Top News
- Everything
Devo - Fresh
"Fresh" is from Devo's 2010 album, Something For Everybody. Video producer – Brian Carr/David VotteroVideo director – Gerald Casale & Davy Forcehttps://www.C...
"Remember that song by Alan Parsons "Eye in the Sky"?"
ancient lost worlds ~ DNA
"The area of Ket and Selkup peoples.There have been groups of people that have long…"
FEYNMAN: THE QUEST FOR TANNU TUVA (1988)
"Wow. And as strange coincidence this could be the very place of the great migration ( to America,…"
FEYNMAN: THE QUEST FOR TANNU TUVA (1988)
100th birthday present! Richard Feynman (1918-88), physicist, and his friend Ralph Leighton became fascinated by the remote and mysterious Asian country of T...
"That's right. Many countries head down that road into a terrorising future of Self ID-ers. (…"
© 2025 Created by truth.
Powered by
You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!
Join 12160 Social Network