cancer, we likely have enough money for my lifetime, when I am forced to retire. I fear we don't have enough savings for my wife's lifetime, as she should outlive me by 12 years even if I didn't have PF. Worse, I think that's if things hold steady, but I don't see them doing that. I think the "New Normal" in 15 years will make current problems the "good old days." If Romney wins, the situation of our Republic will be desperate. If Obama wins, I fear it will be hopeless, though I'm unlikely to give up. Not in the Marine DNA. I will link to this from my Old Jarhead blog. (www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com) Robert A. Hall Massachusetts Senate, 1973-83 Author: The Coming Collapse of the American Republic All royalties go to help wounded veterans For a free PDF of my 80-page book, write tartanmarine(at)gmail.com Internship's are a great way for an employer to evaluate an employee. From the intern's POV, not only does it give valuable work experience, it is a foot in the door. I work with an intern who has used his internship as an opportunity to make himself invaluable to us. He will get hired as soon as he finishes his degree, after all, who else will maintain the software he has written for us? This is contingent on a basic morality in the system, though. Young people do internships for the same reason businesses give free samples: demonstrate the product so that people will buy in