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The recession changed the economy permanently, economists say. In this largely jobless recovery, millions of mid- and entry-level positions are gone, the work now automated.

Oh BS, some jobs have been lost to automation, but millions have been exported with the exported manufacturing plants, and millions more white collar type jobs are being outsourced to India and many other nations.

Heard a recent radio spot discussing how more and more legal work is being outsourced to India. There is hardly a profession now that hasn't seen significant work outsourced: engineering, accounting, computer programming and other work, drafting, law, tax preparation, radiology and other medical related work, and not even to mention customer service and other types of call center work.

Some will continue to pretend that the above has little to do with our unemployment/underemployment situation and fiscal problems because so many campaign contributors now outsource work.

But don't worry, it's being made up for by the $1 trillion dollars now being spent annually on support program benefits that go mostly to working aged Americans. 60 million Americans now on Medicaid, and that will rise to 80 million if the Obamacare expansion is carried out. Similar stats for other government support programs.