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FadedMullet

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:15 PM Sunday

Rant from another thread: Years ago, when factory jobs were disappearing, we were told that was OK because the US was.. [View all]

.......moving towards being a service economy and displaced workers needed training to get them ready for these new jobs. I sat in classes with 40 year old unemployed foundry workers from Kaiser Aluminum who were being counseled to learn coding. This before computer programs took over coding. That said, it's about time that this idiot country of mine got serious about creating a "Sovereign Wealth Fund" that invested some of the wealth that this country creates every year and invested it for the benefit of all, not just the wealthy who skim off the top.

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