I realize that there are a great many people currently on these programs that are not trying to scam them, rather they have actually paid into these programs by working most of their lives and are victims of the current economy. I'm personally not opposed to your idea of subsidized training in principle; however, why don't they just use the existing federal student loan programs? Perhaps more relevant at the present time is the question of what you would even train these people to do? Do we continue the stupidity of the past few years and train them into the artificial, government created 'green' sector? Every other day some .gov planner hack comes up with the latest idea for how .gov can end human misery if they only had a few more dollars and another program / agency. 'The more the planners plan, the more the plans fail.' It's blatant idiocy at this point.
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ts, I agree with your post 100% on the reforms needed. I absolutely do not believe in the "green" boom the government is pretending will come eventually. I have said many of times on this forum that comprehensive tax reform will create jobs and consumers. The fact remains that by ignoring the growing problem of people with no skills whatsoever living off the government, it will only get worse. However the question remains how do you encourage reintroduction into the workforce rather than allowing an open ended check to sit on your bum all day? No amount of Tax reform or trade barriers will fix the situation.