Fern Turner from the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said the talents of newly qualified graduates were being wasted because of the lack of jobs, but disagreed that Northern Ireland was training toomany teachers.
But given the insularity and inflexibility that still hobble toomany Japanese firms, this small source of alternative jobs offers an outlet for those who are getting a raw deal in corporate Japan.
Our businesses have added more than 4 million jobs over the past two years. (Applause.) But there are still toomany Americans who are out there looking for a job or trying to figure out how to pay the bills and cover the mortgage.
Obviously it hasn't left behind the death and destruction that Katrina and Rita left behind, but it's caused incredible pain and hardship for communities all across this country -- communities that have seen toomanyjobs disappear, toomany businesses close, toomany middle-class families who are just barely making it.