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James Comer: “You can go to college and you can get a 4-year degree and have a lot of student loan debt and you may or may not have a…”

On the recordNovember 19, 2019
You can go to college and you can get a 4-year degree and have a lot of student loan debt and you may or may not have a lot of value in that degree when you graduate versus you can go and do apprenticeships.
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James Comer
Republican · Kentucky

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Comer contrasts the financial burdens of college with the benefits of apprenticeships.

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