Mike Rowe, the popular host of CNN’s Somebody’s Gotta Do It and former host of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, lays into Bernie Sanders for pushing everyone to go to college.
Rowe, whom Reason interviewed in December 2013 (see below), isn’t against college, but he takes exception to the idea that the only legit way to get ahead these days is to get a university sheepskin. Rather, he argues, there are lots of excellent trade jobs available that many people would not only be successful at but happy to do. He sees a systematic, elitist attempt to denigrate such work in the name of college for all.