Re:U.S. To Forgive at Least $108B in Student Debt in Coming ...
by John23832 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:17AM
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There are Federal programs to retrain and financially assist those who have be displaced by offshoring.[1]
The problem is that these programs are notoriously underfunded (the financial assistance barely helps. It's like 10k a year if you're very lucky), have their resources misallocated, and do just enough to say that they're doing "something". Their funding is also often lumped in with other welfare "handouts". So when people vote against funding "handouts", they vote against helping people who need it most.
The problem is that these programs are notoriously underfunded (the financial assistance barely helps. It's like 10k a year if you're very lucky), have their resources misallocated, and do just enough to say that they're doing "something". Their funding is also often lumped in with other welfare "handouts". So when people vote against funding "handouts", they vote against helping people who need it most.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Adjustment_Assistance