[armitron]

I agree with this, but that's not the gist of the linked article.

In fact, it's quite obvious that the way it's being presented (by president Obama among others) is exactly the opposite. They also mention the MONEY angle FFS both in terms of government spending but also expected ROI in terms of future careers !!!

On the other hand, not a word has been written on the points I brought up in my previous comment (checks and balances, inherent difficulty of the domain, requirements that have nothing to do with training).