BREAKING: Ford CEO Jim Farley Just Dropped a Rare Truth Bomb

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Ford needs mechanics? Yeah. This was interesting. You had the CEO of Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley. Actually, he came out and he served up a bit of a truth bomb. And some of the, you know, the the maga types and a closed border set, you know, got angry about the entire system. What do mean, We want people who want to work here in this country. Hold on. OK.

before you get your bloody underwear in a bunch, okay? Think, take a couple steps back and use a couple brain cells and think a little bit. He said, we are in trouble in our country. We’re not talking about this enough. We have over 1 million openings in critical jobs, emergency services, trucking, factory workers, plumbers, electricians, and tradesmen. Ford, said, is

struggling to hire mechanics at salaries that Ivy League grads might envy. Obey with a lift in tools and no one to work in it. Are you kidding me? Nope, Mr. Farley lamented, we do not have trade schools in this country. He’s right, too large to create, schools teach trades these days. Community colleges are mostly remedial high school education and government worker training programs have poor results. Again, it was interesting as well.

regular four year schools have got to offer remedial math. Harvard offers remedial math at this point in time. All of the government spending, all of the loans, all of the subsidies, which is one of the most awful words on the planet as far as this country is concerned, have encouraged kids, not just for college, but also graduate programs as well. Encourage kids to go to college.

when you know what maybe they might be better off doing something else and this has caused a big mismatch in the labor market and talking about this for years here on the program and again not the same old thing same and again it’s an ego thing with some parents I’ve had this conversation

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with them, you know, gotta spend kids taking on too much debt, going to a school that they probably shouldn’t go to, what degree are they going to get, all they gotta find themselves, really. I’ve talked about this before here on the program.

There’s other ways, there’s better ways of doing things. I’ve talked about the Swiss model here. They have in their school system, they have a, it’s called an apprenticeship model. And it’s a, basically it’s a dual system. And there’s a couple, there’s a few colleges here in the country Drexel does this.

in Philadelphia where they have various different programs where you’re working for businesses. But basically, the approach in Switzerland, pretty wealthy country, pretty nice country, pretty nice place. Dual system, it combines on the job training with classroom instruction at a vocational level. Now, apprentices 15, 16 years old. Now, again.

Is this something we all might have been interested in when we were younger? I think so. I would have been very interested in this. I don’t know about you. 15, 16 years old, you go to work three to four days a week while attending school one or two days a week, spending about 80 % of your time gaining practical real world skills. Now, this is a partnership between

companies, industry associations, and the government. basically, it aligns with labor market needs. So what does Switzerland have? They make pretty nice stuff. They do. Pretty highly skilled workforce and very low youth unemployment. Apprentices are paid as stipend, are considered an investment by the company,

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and can pursue further education or higher education after completing the program. So basically in the case of Jim Farley here, it’s like Ford getting in bed with an area, say, okay, in Detroit and putting together a program like this. Makes sense, right? Makes really good sense. I’m sure a lot of 15 would love to do something like this. Do you ever think?

that the teachers unions would allow something like this? they’d find a way to spin it as racist this. I can see it now. I’m gonna go over the components of this model, the Swiss model, okay? You tell me I’m wrong here. You tell me that this wouldn’t work here in the United States. Dual system, practical hands-on work with theoretical classroom learning, creating a comprehensive

an efficient training program. Yes, makes sense. Company involvement. Companies play a leading role by training apprentices and influencing the curriculum to meet their specific needs. They invest in the apprentices and often hire them after graduation, making apprenticeships a key recruiting strategy. See how we do it here in this country is you got to get yourself an internship when you’re in college.

And you know, if mommy and daddy have enough bloody money, then they can pay for your apartment in New York or Boston or Washington, D.C. and allow you to have that internship because you ain’t getting paid goodly unless, you know, at least it wasn’t my day. They’re starting to pay now a little bit. Am I wrong? No, I’m not wrong. Paid apprenticeships, apprentices receive a salary.

during their training, which helps offset training costs for companies and provides financial independence for the apprentices. Industry and government partnership. The government, along with the employer associations, works with companies to set federal standards and regulate exams to ensure uniform quality across the country. Again, that’s not a public private, that’s the government playing referee. It’s kind of like saying, hey, hey, hey, I want all the umpires to have the same strike zone. Okay, that’s not a public.

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private partnership. That’s the government doing what it’s supposed to do. Be the referee. Career flexibility. After completing the three to four year apprenticeship, graduates receive a federal diploma and can enter the workforce directly, pursue higher education, or even enroll in a university program. You tell me that our system is better.

Prove it to me, okay? Teachers, prove it to me! Any of you members of the teacher union, yeah! Shut down schools, put masks on everybody, okay? No. This is real reform.

It’s doable, Swiss are doing it for crying out loud. Why can’t we do it? Can. Simple, not easy. Follow the money. Watchdog on wallstreet.com.