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"For a typical worker, that would mean earning $100,000 less over the 18-year period."

That is not at all a frightening statistic.



That is an average of 5500+ dollars per year, ~463 per month. Depending on who you ask that is a big deal.


Just to rephrase (Class of '83 here). You will make less, work harder, and have less opportunities, entirely because of the year you graduated university.




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