Congress is about to pass a bill they KNOW will cost American jobs. Obama is for this loss of jobs,

[Half-Century Man]

19. I've been on the TAA.

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I know lots of people who have completed TAA training. Got their welding certificates, diplomas in automation, nursing certificates, AAS's (I'm one), Bachelors degrees, Masters Degrees, became bondable electricians, bondable plumbers, factory certifications in the automotive, cycling, and marine trades, EMTS, Paramedics, and graphic designers. And still can't find a job.

Some of us were over forty by the time we completed training. Some of us trained for already saturated job markets. Most of us burned up what little saving we had trying to keep our families inside while we worked our asses off to finish school as fast as possible. Half or better of us took on greater student debt at the encouragement of school recruiters. More than a few of us had to drop out of school and accept a job paying a fraction of what we made on the job that immigrated to distant shores, so our families could eat. The ones who receive the greatest benefit from the TAA is the for profit higher education industry, not the displaced workers.

It doesn't matter how much training you have if the jobs are gone.

The House Democrats voted down taking money from Medicare to pay for what is a glorified stroke job in education. TAA allows TPTB to shift people who would show up on unemployment rolls to the education in progress category. When they graduate and can't find a job that they trained for, they have used up their unemployment periods; they don't show up in unemployment documents.