From the Daily Record:
Until July 2003, Howard Corneilson of Roxbury made six figures as a systems analyst. Between then and now, he took a six-month state-sponsored retraining class to update his computer skills.
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Today, Howard works in the seafood department at the ShopRite of Succasunna. It's the best job he has been able to find. After two years as the family's sole breadwinner, Sue, also a seasoned IT worker, was downsized this past April when the small telecom company for which she worked was acquired by two other companies.
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A few callers describing themselves as moderate Republicans explained they read quietly to the end of the series, reserving judgment and concluding that perhaps, if their neighbors are so badly hurting, a different approach is needed.
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Said Bert Buehler of Warren: "The U.S. no longer has anything the world requires, as it did during the Cold War. The job market was cyclic after Korea. It was cyclic after (Vietnam). It hasn't been cyclic since the Cold War. But we're still all big about sending our sons and daughters to college. Four years later, in $100,000 worth of debt, what does college mean when very few are able to find gainful employment?"
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=10B44D99C4D23508&p_docnum=1&p_theme=gannett&s_site=dailyrecord&p_product=MDRBThis story is coming out of one of the wealthiest counties in NJ, Morris County.
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