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To: Lane3 who wrote (6968)	12/16/2005 8:24:47 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 543149

Whenever I see "experts" on TV saying hey, the economy is great, why don't people get it? I want to scream back BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN THAT ECONOMY THAT'S DOING GREAT, THEY LIVE IN THE OTHER HALF THAT IS LOSING GROUND, DUMMY! Talk about people who just don't get it. And when folks say well, our deficits are no worse than before as a % of GDP, it reminds me of the guy who smoked for 30 years and hasn't died of cancer or a stroke yet. Check out the odds of him making it to 80. Not good. Certainly not compared to someone who quit and tried to get back on a healthier lifestyle before it was too late.

To: Lane3 who wrote (6968)	12/16/2005 10:51:46 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 543149

It reflects a lot of my unease, as well. I'm very concerned that we don't seem to be able to produce talent like we used to. I'm not sure that is true. I think we develop top talent. The problem seems to be more with the lack of education and skill development among maybe the bottom quarter or third of people (by inteligence, favorable background, and/or motivation). Even there I'm not sure we are doing so much worse than we used to, but in the past their were more unskilled or minimally skilled jobs (and less competition for them from illegal immigrants or from imports). So the biggest problem wouldn't be a decline (which may or may not have happened) but rather the failure to keep up with the increasing requirements for training and education that we face today. Tim