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No, I was just highlighting the fact that many sleep in the beds that they make, and/or are unwilling to adapt to changes.

Please note that workforce investment, goals 2000 are all socialistic programs developed to meet a need. That need is a monstrous hybrid of socialism and corporatist fascism to produce a workforce, not educate enlightened individuals to make responsible and well reasoned choices about their lives and careers. Going through these job mills and career re-education camps effectively induces you into giving your career over to the government. They train you for what they think the economy will need --its all just centralized planning in the model of the soviet union. And don't think they are right in predicting what careers are needed. In my area they still train people computer jobs that went overseas years ago. When these people fail to get jobs in their new careers, more welfare money is available through "free trade" agreements. This gives the government full reign to keep their ruinous "free trade" system alive.

Globalization, outsourcing and offshoring are part of the engine to eliminate individual choice and self determination in America. Workforce Investment was entirely brokered to support the loss of jobs through "free trade" and to better control individuals to conform to the globalist view of economics.

Well, I agree with you as so far as these Federal programs, but the demise of our manufacturing comes from artificial wage hikes from Unions, Unions blocking advances in manufacturing to maintain status quo, rising health care costs due to runaway lawsuits and a over medicated populace, costs incurred from EPA, OSHA, and other regulatory arms, etc. etc. All of these need to be purged, and then we can compete through efficiency and intellect.

You can't lock yourself in the closet and pretend that there is not a global economy, and that, in many ways, it is beneficial to us as well. Your view of globalization and free trade is conspiratorial, I think it boils down to pure dollars.

As far as education goes, it is out there to be had in whatever form you choose, but one must be motivated to go get it and shell out the cash. As seen in this article, many otherwise intelligent Americans choose the path of least resistance and immediate gratification. Then when the rug gets pulled out from under them, they look surprised.