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Education For The Unemployed
Friday Aug 21, 2009
President Obama wants to make it possible for people receiving unemployment benefits to go back to school.
He maintains that by retraining for reemployment or new employment that America can ¿lay a new foundation¿ for our nation¿s economic growth by investing in our citizens in this way.
I agree. Why haven¿t we done this before?
Generally those receiving unemployment benefits have to show that they are available and actively seeking a job. To be available for work, you can¿t retool or retrain on a full time basis. Although that seems like a reasonable goal, what if there are no jobs to return to? Would it not make better sense to be retraining or in class getting ready for jobs that are available and will be available in the future? Not to mention the jobs that are empty now because people with needed knowledge and skills are not prepared.
We need fundamental rethinking of our unemployment system and how it works. Can we have a better benefit for our economy and for the individuals looking for a brighter future?
With unemployment running double digits and a continuing recession of almost 2 years and running, I say, ¿Yes.¿ Let¿s change our paradigm and redo the structure.
This IS an idea whose time has come!
Category: Government
I completely agree. This recession has prompted a well needed initiative to get people back into school and gain new skills. The industrial era is gone now; the fostering of global creative thinking is long overdue. Additionally, Obama should help those with newly acquired skills get jobs by giving companies who provide internships tax cuts or some kind of benefit. It's terrible watching America suffer from a brain drain, hopefully after this recession we will begin to rebound. ~C. Sailes
In Europe lifelong learning takes now has a different approach, we hope to see more development as a result of new legislation, good luck all teachers!