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It blew my mind that his example of helping a single mom of EIGHT was her getting trained as a long haul truck driver. Who's taking care of that many kids while she's gone? Truck driving is not that well-paid, and the length of absences is right there in the job title.

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His example is a subtle jab at working class. He thinks people are such trash that truck driver is aspirational for them. The education benefits for blue collar workers at Amazon take years to kick in and don't cover a single year at most community colleges. Workers are frequently fired before 90 days to prevent benefits from starting. Workers would do far better to do a small education loan and start training early.

>He thinks people are such trash that truck driver is aspirational for them

What planet are you on? Truck driver is an excellent working class job. It's skilled labour (yes, really), you need to be trustworthy and able to operate independently, work long hours and take responsibility for a very expensive asset. As a result it pays a significant premium compared to a lot of manual labour and service jobs.

At best it's an ok working class job; for Amazon, it's more of a stop-gap until delivery vehicles with auto-pilot are more widely available.

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