In an earlier blog, I referred to Sen. Hatch's bill to increase the availability of scientists in the US through immigration. Sen. Hatch's bill included a provision for state grants to educate others. My point was that it seemed unnecessary to spend taxpayer money for training people, when we could just allow already trained people to enter our country.
Anonymous CJ responded to my blog as follows:
"As you point out, there are many unemployed scientists these days. In a significant way, that misses the important point of the fit of talent to the market need. If the fit were good, we would not have the shortage of talent that currently exists. You certainly know that the skills of many unemployed scientists and engineers are obsolete with respect to the current market. That is the main reason they are unemployed. It is no secret to successful scientists and engineers that keeping skills current is an absolute necessity".
I agree with CJ that since we have unemployed scientists in a market where there seems to be a shortage of scientifically trained people, the unemployed are not properly trained. I also agree with CJ that scientists and engineers must keep their skills current, but I go further in stating that such is the responsibility of the individuals, not the state to supply funds for any further education.
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I certainly agree that it is an individual responsibility to keep skill sets current. Furthermore, there are many sources of continuing education available for free or modest cost. Somehow politicians of both stripes believe that throwing money at a problem will help solve it.
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