[tormeh]

Of course, the true answer is that, if you're not already in a big job market/city, you have to move and retrain. The total number of jobs, btw, does not shrink when jobs disappear. Those savings from the job that went away goes somewhere - usually more consumption - and a new job is created somewhere else. Often it's not in the same place, and neither does it require the same skills, but that's life. The government has to help people move and retrain; the alternative is dirt-poor towns full of welfare recipients. I've seen it and it's not pretty, even when the welfare is generous.