>many jobs will be eliminated. I just wanted to emphasize this point from your quote: >funding for early retirement options, extensive severance, retraining p

>many jobs will be eliminated. I just wanted to emphasize this point from your quote: >funding for early retirement options, extensive severance, retraining programmes, and relocation expenses for all workers in these sectors. Implementation of such a plan is estimated to... a sum which would be recouped within the first year by the health-care savings estimated here." Even if we provided a generous 2 years of severance for people to transition into other roles, we still save in the long term.