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Message: [QUOTE="Paesano, post: 2510240, member: 5631"] No one wants to discuss the white elephant in the room. The average IQ of Americans is dropping because smart people are having few to no kids and dumb people are popping them out like rabbits. The solutions are unpleasant and ethically and morally perilous. On the college thing specifically, this is a result of the greed and instant gratification that is rampant in our society. Everyone wants the expensive car, big house, expensive vacations, nice clothes. Everyone was told that a college degree is how you get them. No one wants to be a car mechanic that lives in a normal house and lives a normal life. And few kids can see the path to a pretty comfortable life as a contractor or plumber or electrician. If you are smart and work hard, you can do very well in a skilled trade. But our society looks down on that now. We all pay the price because there are now very few competent people in skilled trades. [/QUOTE]