claim: "welders make more money than philosophers."
author: marco rubio
evidence_1: nov 11, 2015 ... forbes looked at the problem from two different angles, and welders make  significantly less money than philosophers. without welders, much of our world  would literally fall apart. but that doesn't mean they make more money than their  philosophical peers. marco rubio smiles as he speaks during the ...
evidence_2: nov 11, 2015 ... the value of a vocational degree, he argued, was greater than the payoff that  comes with contemplating the cosmos. “welders make more money than  philosophers,” mr. rubio said. “we need more welders and less philosophers.”  what do philosophers think? unsurprisingly, they see some fallacies in mr.
evidence_3: ... heart of his point is not without merit. during the debate, mr. rubio expressed  concern that “we have stigmatized vocational education.” a valid claim, and one  certainly close to the heart of this writer. but he qualified it by saying, “welders  make more money than philosophers. we need more welders and less  philosophers ...
evidence_4: nov 14, 2015 ... that being said, you'll certainly find more job openings listed nationally for  welders than those demanding philosophy degrees. but the gold medal goes to  ... just 38 percent of individuals who graduated within the past 10 years “strongly  agreed” that college had been worth the money. the numbers were ...
evidence_5: and make higher education faster and easier to access, especially vocational  training. for the life of me i don't know why we stigmatize vocational education.  welders make more money than philosophers. we need more welders and less  philosophers. "if we do that, we will be able to increase wages for millions of ...