Tim Ryan: “Yes. It is not like it is a 4-year degree either. It is something that can be learned in a year or two because you are…”

“Yes. It is not like it is a 4-year degree either. It is something that can be learned in a year or two because you are focused on exactly where you are going to be. And you talk about a welder maybe starting at $60,000-plus. You think about, if you could do that, start making $60,000 a year at 20--it takes a lot of people, schoolteachers, for example--how long does it take in Corning, New York, or Youngstown, Ohio, to get to $60,000? It is a little while. So that is money you can begin to save, invest, put in your retirement, whatever, your kids' college. I mean, you have that money not starting at $30,000, but starting at $60,000 or $70,000. And that can go vertical, too. The more skills you get and if you are in the right position in the right company, you can start making upwards of $100,000 as a welder. That is a lot of money that, if you plan your finances properly, you can have a lot of savings. To that point as well, I was at Stark State Community College, which is just outside of Canton, a few weeks ago, and there were kids there from Barberton High School and Norton High School, about 10 or 15 of them. They just started a program where these kids in high school were earning credits for the welding certificate. With this program, those kids can earn 13 credit hours for a 30-hour certificate. So by the time you graduate from high school, if you get in as a junior and you do it your junior and senior year, you will have 13 of 30 credits. So you don't need much longer.…”