Mike Rowe: More College Is Not a ‘Panacea’ for Unemployment

Mike Rowe, appearing on Sunday's "Meet the Press": 

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
STRASSEL: "How much of this is our education system and also our leaders in that the message these days to every kid is, if you don't go to four-year college that somehow -- we got rid of vocational training. The smartest people I knew -- I grew up in a blue collar community. Smartest people, almost all are skilled tradesmen. They knew that's what they wanted to do, were good as as well."
ROWE: "You have to be a generalist when you are in that world. The age of the specialist, the generalist gets short -- farmers need to run electric and hang drywall and do all of these things. That doesn't take a small brain. $1.3 trillion in student loans. We're pushing the same path for the most people as though it really is some sort of panacea. The 5.8 million jobs, 70% don't require the four-year degree. Somewhere between knowledge and enlightenment, education and basic intelligence, we need a pr campaign for the jobs that actually exist."