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Five years ago, my (now) 16 year old son was intent in following in my foot steps. Because of my background, he was half-way trained toward being a professional WEB designer and programmer. He was doing amazing things for an 11 year old. Today, I can't keep him mind focused on "college prep" high school studies, because he sees college as a huge expense with zero pay off. He's seen my own career problems (and I've been fairly successful), and some of his friends college and technically educated parents go broke. Why would he want to study hard in High School? Why study a foreign language, or higher math? For what?

I hear you. What the outsourcers don't realize (or maybe they do?) is that a country without a certain critical mass of technically trained people is a country *ripe* for a takeover. Maybe not in the next five years, but certainly within a few decades. Dumb it down too much, and we're the plum ripe for the picking.

What the outsourcers don't realize (or maybe they do?) is that a country without a certain critical mass of technically trained people is a country *ripe* for a takeover. Maybe not in the next five years, but certainly within a few decades. Dumb it down too much, and we're the plum ripe for the picking.

They know. And no, they don't care. Hope you're investing in hard, tangigble assets. Like weapons and ammo. You may need them sooner than you think.