The other issue is that skilled trade firms don’t want to hire new graduates because they don’t want to train anyone. Plumbing school is one thing, but getting out there and trying to shutoff a toilet that’s spewing shit can’t be taught. The only people making miney in the trades are those who opened their own shop 30 years ago. We need electricians and plumbers and pipe fitters, but no one wants to hire or pay new ones.