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

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42. Because overall good in the long term doesn't mean good for everybody in the short term

The invention of the computer put a lot of people out of work initially, but overall has been an incredible boon to humanity.

The ability to grow food via agriculture meant we could stop following food, settle down and eventually start to create things like pottery, metalworks and textiles. Fairly important to the development of human society, but probably not great for the guy who was chief hunter.

Or to put it another way, I recently had a major knee surgery that was technically elective. It has made my life suck for the last 6 months and will continue to make my life suck for another year or so before my recovery officially finishes. But in theory, I will have a better functioning knee after that. I took a short term significant loss to realize a long term gain that should prove more significant. That doesn't make me feel a lot better when I watch my friends get to do things I'm physically banned from doing, but eventually that will change and I'll be back doing the things I want. The TAA, in theory, is like the PT rehab work I have to do. It sucks, it has some significant challenges, but on average is better than not doing it.