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To: KLP who wrote (20605)	12/20/2003 9:42:14 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793868

Karen, Even before these initiatives, this is the difference between the US and most of europe. China, i believe, has/will be adopted the US model. My question is whether we are expecting too much from our work force. For those of us who are successful and have time to chat away on SI this is an academic debate. However re-training often uneducated workers or older workers with skill sets that do not apply any more is easier said than done. I remain a free trader and am hopeful the "job" problem is one that can be solved by non-protectionist means, but I am less sanguine about this than i was earlier. And whether this can be done in the manner Brooks describes is questionable to say the least. And protectionism of course protects nothing and causes decline. My gut tells me that in order to solve this problem we will have to find a way to have lt higher growth rates (maybe 4% +) without inflation. Good Luck. Mike

To: KLP who wrote (20605)	12/20/2003 2:17:05 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793868

This will drive the Socialist/Leftists nuts! --Imagine the power this basic concept will give the individual....and the fear the Unions have of such an idea. <<By giving individuals control of their own retraining, their own savings and their own homes, he hopes to inculcate self-reliance, industriousness and responsibility.>> IMO, this is the worst of both worlds. We still have the awful leftie notion of government taking care of people rather than people doing for themselves. You don't inculcate self-reliance by relying on government. If Bush intends this approach to be a transition to actual self-reliance with a sunset provision, that's great, but if not... The right giving credence to more social programs is like throwing in the towel, IMO. If we want to inculcate responsibility, we need less paternalism, not more. Shades of "1984," methinks.