After seeing the behavior of the students (and certain faculty members) at the University of Missouri this week, it’s not surprising that college is becoming less attractive as a road to prosperity and more like a highway to ridiculous debt, both in terms of money and common sense. Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate in Milwaukee kicked off with a question about the minimum wage, and Sen. Marco Rubio firmly declared that American needs more welders and fewer philosophers.
Rubio: "We need more welders and less philosophers."
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) November 11, 2015
2nd time tonight welders have been brought up in the debate,,,,
— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) November 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/mckaycoppins/status/664264109815406592
Rubio: "For the life of me I don't know why we have stigmatized vocational education. Welders make more money than philosophers" #nprdebate
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) November 11, 2015
Rubio: “Welders make more money than philosophers, we need more welders than philosophers”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 11, 2015
Rubio's answer is even better on minimum wage. "More welders, less philosophers!" Especially at @Mizzou.
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 11, 2015
And welders who flashdnce at night make TWICE as much as philosophers. #GOPDebate
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) November 11, 2015
Welders are winning this #GOPDebate
— Shira T. Center (@shiracenter) November 11, 2015
Rubio's as cool as the other side of the pillow. "More welders, less philosophers" is great stuff. https://t.co/SmEdcAi3oJ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) November 11, 2015
Uh oh. It looks like a philosophy major who finally scored a paying gig running the Daily Beast’s third-shift Twitter feed is on tonight.
Rubio: "Welders make more money than philosophers." *rapturous applause*#gopdebate
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 11, 2015
Welders make more money than philosophers — Rubio
What about the many welder-philosophers?
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) November 11, 2015
Rubio: "We need more welders and less philosophers." Ouch. The world would be worse off if Plato had been a construction worker.
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) November 11, 2015
Marco Rubio's "We need more welders and fewer philosophers" seems to have really shocked Hegel. pic.twitter.com/W5o5NFn7A2
— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) November 11, 2015
Is there really evidence we have too many philosophers?
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/ThePopcornTape/status/664264985925697536
And Vox.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/664264161254248448
https://twitter.com/AJBulldis/status/664265546381328384
Voxsplained:
Philosophy majors actually earn a lot more than welders https://t.co/fqka7AIlSa pic.twitter.com/U8yqWlh1JZ
— Vox (@voxdotcom) November 11, 2015
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