Fair enough - I just saw this comment of yours:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2979935 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2979935 which clarifies a lot. I

Fair enough - I just saw this comment of yours:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2979935 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2979935 which clarifies a lot. It does seem as though political opinion is moving in the direction of reducing attempts to mitigate then problem at the low end. Also unconsidered is the idea that one period of adaptation early in one's life is no longer enough, and that is a new consequence of technological change that wasn't true during the heyday of the large corporation. If the 'poor' and 'middle classes' simply don't have the resources to devote to accomodating change and developing new skills, their position will be systematically enforced. Information may be more widely available than ever, but learning still takes a long time and requires practice, and tacit knowledge is ever more important.