Vice President JD Vance recently touted President Donald Trump’s focus on building up the trades while deemphasizing college for all.
Vance made the comments Wednesday during a speech in Pennsylvania about the recently signed budget reconciliation bill.
“Why is it that we force every single young person to get a big chunk of debt at a four-year college or university? Why don’t we give our young people more options, because if we did, a lot of them would come and work at Don’s Machine Shop. And that would be good for them and it would be good for American workers,” Vance asked.
He made the comments while at Don’s Machine Shop, a manufacturing company in West Pittston, Pa.
“You know, we think it’s fine. If you want to go to college, go to college. There’s a lot of opportunity out there,” Vance said.
“But if you want to work with your hands, if you want to build something, if you want to build a house, build a bridge, make one of these incredible orders that comes in from this small business right here in northeastern Pennsylvania, your government should not be forcing you to do what elites in Washington want you to do,” the vice president said.
“You ought to be able to chart your own course and your own career path and the Trump administration’s gonna fight for that,” Vance said.
The owner’s son, Donnie Eiffert Jr., said the company would produce more if they had the workers.
“It’s always push, push, push, and if we had the staff who would stay longer to work more hours, we could get more done,” Eiffert said, as reported by ABC 16.
IMAGE CAPTION AND CREDIT: Vice President JD Vance speaks in Pennsylvania; White House/Facebook
