Legislators and College Degrees

We are a nation where despite our poor economy, there’s excess money to spend on studies like this showing that 1 in 4 State Legislators doesn’t have a college degree. Shocker.

DFO at Huckleberries says that 73% of our legislators are educated, which suggests that graduating high school doesn’t count as being “educated.” So apparently, we’re spending around $70,000-$80,000 or thereabouts to put kids through K-12 and we’re really turning out “uneducated people.”

Seriously,  I don’t think this is a problem and really not that interesting. The number is far less than the percentage without the degrees among the general public. Many people just don’t need 4 years of college to live their lives. I’ve been living on a 2-year degree and been doing fine.  There are many professions such as plumbers and farmers that require no college degree. and people make a good living at them and are able to run for office.

For those who think a higher degree of education will produce a better leader,  I’d point out that the people who produced our current crisis were some among the most educated and smartest people in the room.