Degree Vs. Trade

So for a while now many people has been arguing with me about going to college and getting a degree in something. I feel as schools also drill that into our heads growing up. At some later time in life I may do that but at the moment thats just something that I  don't really see myself doing. Then I always get the soon you won't be able to get a job with out a associates degree atleast, which i really do not belive. I have met plenty of people who has either never went to college or went and got a trade and ended up with a descent paying job or self employed, because they know what they are doing and doing it right. After high school my first choice is to enlist in the Army but at the moment the asvab is still hard for me, so my plan b is to possibly go to job corp and pick up a trade or two and hopefully land a job eventually and move away from where I live now and start over then possibly go to a community college or a technical school. Im so tired of people thinking just because you dont have a degree you wont be nothing, but most employers look at people who has the skills to do it than a degree, just cause you have a degree doesn't mean you can do the job.