On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:51:16 -0400, Harry
wrote:



In more civilized countries, when a job for which you have trained or
educated yourself disappears or you are injured to the point you can't
work your trade, the government sends you back to school to learn a
newer trade, and helps you support your family in the meantime.

One of my Norwegian buddies used to work on the oil rigs. He suffered a
serious injury and could no longer do the work. The government paid for
his retraining into another profession, and it wasn't flipping burgers.

We need to restructure our society.

damn straight. the right wing in this country hates the middle class,
and thinks we're lazy, so would NEVER support this.

but it works.