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FreeSpirit1 The problem there is that the higher education system is set up so that only the weathy can achieve an education.
Assuming that only all those who can afford an education without going into debt actually take up that opportunity... you're still going to be left with huge shortfalls in the qualified professions to meet demand.
That's going to have a knock on effect with the services that are offered to the public when you have fewer doctors, surgeons, consultants and lawyers to name a few off the top of my head.
There are two ways you can deal with that... you can change immigration laws to make your country look more attractive to students from countries that offer more attractive ways to educate for certain professions - and get your citizens complaining about high numbers of immigration, or you can lower your standards and resort to using witch doctors and cowboys, which is going to lower life expectancy and increase accidents because you have no way of knowing if these guys were educated to the same level - if at all.
If we look at our electrician friend, as used in the example... he still has vehicles that he can use to do other work with in the event that his career dries up. A lot of school leavers entering work for the first time find themselves in a position where they can't get a job without experience - and they can't get experience without a job. This is why we need more work based training that everybody can access - and that pays enough to live on so that you can train for a new job and still earn enough to be able to support yourself.
