I agree that college degrees should not be necessary for obtaining a decent job. I have "some college" under my belt, but it turns out school just wasn't for me. I wasn't lazy, I didn't give up. Just simply wasn't for me, and I'll say its not for everyone. I have a very strong background in IT, and I've applied to so many places where my skills would have been perfect, but without a degree I wasn't eligible for employment. Thankfully I started out taking IT positions with small firms and gathered experience. Now, even more thankfully I work for an excellent company with more than enough pay for me to live. I do believe we need to create an atmosphere in the American economy where experienced people can easily obtain decent paying jobs without having a degree of some sort. I'll take experience over a degree any day. With that said, IT is just something i'm "good" at, I am an entrepreneur at heart and plan on launching a project I've been working on in my spare time here soon.