> We should really divorce politics from this discussion. I have come to realize that the only people who ever say this are people with no skin in the game, i.

> We should really divorce politics from this discussion. I have come to realize that the only people who ever say this are people with no skin in the game, i.e., who aren't in the gunsights. I suspect (actually, know) you'd feel differently if you were training your own replacements just prior to your unemployment.