SRT,
you are thinking along the same lines as I do.You are right on the numbers when you state that job creation is vote hunting, the reason being is that the dreaded disease is taking votes away quicker than what,s being reported in the media.
"No shop experience"
True story:
Had in the hangar the other day a previously disadvantage technical inspector asking me how the anti-skid system works on a Lear 35A.My reply was , fair or unfair, that he should know that or at least look in the manuals which the manufactors supply at a cost.There is a full updated library at H.Q ,Midrand