They're concerned about jobs going overseas, that technology is taking over jobs. And these people are finding difficulty finding work. And although you're recommitted yourself to your tax cut policy, do you have any ideas or any plans within the administration of what you might do for these people who feel like there are fundamental changes happening in the work force and in the economy?
She was talking about the chronically unemployed, for anyone who was listening. For all anyone knows, she was talking about textile jobs going overseas; technology in the form of robotics and automation replacing union labor, etc.
You guys see "technology" and "jobs" or "work force" and think it's all about H1-B and Indian programmers. Sheesh.
His response was adequate, as far as I'm concerned. He said community colleges should be recognizing employment trends and training people accordingly. Right now, they are not. They are still selling IS certificate programs without regard to opportunity, and are inflating demand with ridiculous promises.
But, the point is, we'll train those laid-off manufacturing workers to be low-level techies - and they STILL won't get work because we're either bringing in H1-B visa workers or companies are outsourcing the very jobs they're training for.
This isn't about the workers. It's about policies in this country that are expediting the rampant hemmoraging of decent-paying jobs and the destruction of the middle class.