That means from a four year degree you would need to be making what someone who has been working for eights years would make. Many college careers start out less than a tradesman level of salary. Some careers mentioned, like social work, may never pay as much as the private sector.

Lumping poorly paid helping professional in with supposedly "worthless" degrees like liberal arts is pretty bizarre. This seems to be a decision being made by a narrow minded person with an extreme amount of hubris. What could possibly go wrong?