And I will respond with, out of five children and two cousins two of us went to the Trades instead of 4 to 8 years of higher education like the rest. With that time spent in college the two of us were putting money in retirement funds, building pensions, building vacation pay and building our future. We were paid to learn.Not to say trades aren't extremely valuable, but the phrase, "work smarter, not harder", is popular for a reason.
The economy runs on diversity. we can't all be doctors, nor can we all be plumbers.
The four that went to college will never come close to what we two have in our 401's. And the two of us are the only two that have or will have pension checks.