Well, most "laughable" higher education offer jobs with incomes that rarely get reached in a stable manner by highschool diplomas. When's the last time someone with a "laughable" higher education took your food order? When's the last time one gave you a medical, dental, law, financial advise? Wonder where your boss's "laughable" higher education came from. Remember that company with the CEO with no higher education was a success? The only people laughing about higher education are people with it....all the way to the bank. While people like you work for people like me.