The US went the &quot;college only&quot; route to the point of defunding a lot of vocational programs in high school.  This causes some serious problems with infrastructure.  We just don&#x27;t have the people ready.  The oil fields in NoDak were recruiting people from Canada who knew how to weld.  Because of the shortages, projects in the eastern half of the state had to be delayed.  This story repeats itself in the rest of the US.