trade school instead of a bachelor's degree

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I hope I'm not off topic, but I've been listening to Dave Ramsey a lot lately and listening to his calls and I think trades in the US make DAMN good money. I've heard one guy on the show said he makes like US 100k a year working as an electrician on a railroad and was living in his truck, which he traded for a lawn mower and a case of beer lol. He could pay off his house in 2 years if he keeps it up.

Trades pay good, I think it's just that people are really poor at managing money and love credits cards, car debt and buying stuff they dont need to impress people they don't care about. Drive a US 8000 car cash, forget the beer and get rid of the car payments.

Listening to his program and hearing people from all over the US calling in for advice, it seems people are just as he says "dumb with money", based on his program is sounds to me like the average American lives above their means and debt cripples them.

I wish I was in the US getting US 50K a year. If a man is a plumber or electrician getting 50k and has a wife getting 40k they can be millionaires. Heck if I had the opportunity to go to the US making 50k a year I can be a millionaire. It isnt as hard as you think, deliver pizzas, do youtube, sell socks America is the land of opportunity. Deliver pizzas at nights after work can earn you US $2000 a month, heck I wish I had the opportunity you guys have, just cant be lazy. If a guy is a plumber and delivers pizzas, walks dogs, cuts grass etc or something on the side, he can easily net 80k a year.

With a combined income of 100k you can buy a house cash, people have called his show and did it. Couples like 24 paying houses in cash by living below their means. If you make 100k a year and live off 50k in 4 years you can have a 200k house, cash.

Live frugal and invest, doesn't matter the job, as long as you manage your money properly you can get the wealth you want.

"Live like no one else, beans and rice, rice and beans so the later you can live and give like no one else" - Dave Ramsey

Just my $0.02. I'm applying his principles to my life right now and its working. Just imagine if you are in the big US of A.