Posted on 01/29/2015 7:52:55 AM PST by Phillyred
To the Editor:
Congressmen Toomey, Casey and Meehan are touting the Keystone Pipeline (a pipe that would move dirty tar sands oil across the country from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export) as a jobs bill. But research shows that the Pipeline would only create mostly temporary jobs — around 3,000 jobs per month for about 12 to 18 months. And, after the Pipeline is completed, only around 35 to 50 permanent jobs will remain. As far as jobs bills go, that’s pretty anemic.
Instead, our congressmen could create millions of good-paying, long-lasting American jobs (that can’t be outsourced) by investing in our infrastructure such as fixing dangerously outdated bridges and roads, upgrading power grids and modernizing rail systems. One in nine of our nation’s bridges are rated “structurally deficient” and 42 percent of our highways are heavily congested.
Our Congressmen also said the pipeline would wean us from dependence on oil from the Middle East. But that’s not true. Much of this heavy sludge oil is primarily just passing through the U.S. on its way to be exported, tax-free, to foreign countries. It’s not for American consumption. A better idea would be to wean us from oil by investing more in alternative energy sources.
Also, the pipeline’s 1,200 mile journey through our heartland (and over an important aquifer) is not without environmental risks. There will inevitably be leaks as it travels across our farmlands and ranches. In fact, Keystone has already experienced many such leaks since operations began in 2010. Many farmers and ranchers don’t want to risk their land and livelihoods to the potential hazards the pipeline could cause, but their voices are being drowned out by corporate money and influence. In fact, the fossil fuel industry spent $721 million dollars in the midterm elections; is that why so many in congress are determined to pass this bill?
We all love our neighbor to the North, but sometimes we have to draw a line in the sand (in this case tar-sand) and do what’s best for America, not TransCanada. Don’t let us down, Congressmen!
Glenn Gawinowicz
Oreland
“Glenn Gawinowicz”
No way. That’s got to be an alias.
Almost all trade union jobs are temporary. When the job is complete, the workers move on to another job.
An a-hole for sure.
Instead, our congressmen could create millions of good-paying, long-lasting American jobs (that can’t be outsourced) by investing in our infrastructure such as fixing dangerously outdated bridges and roads, upgrading power grids and modernizing rail systems. One in nine of our nation’s bridges are rated “structurally deficient” and 42 percent of our highways are heavily congested. “”
I guess she missed all those “Putting America to Work” and “American Recovery and Reinvestment “ Signs they put up a few years ago on virtually every highway or road project. LA is littered with them, I have been laughing ever since. They put all these signs up on already EXISTING PROJECTS.
Only in a Liberal’s mind can an EXPENSE to the TAXPAYERS be a Jobs creation bill.
Are liberals born with a “hate gene”? Liberalism is a mental disorder like Savage says.
The Alaska pipeline is shorter and employees ~1,000 people for operations and maintenance. Typically another ~1,000 contractors, sometimes more, sometimes less.
The claim of only 50 full time jobs is a lie.
For additional proof:
“Meanwhile the average salary of a CEO is close to 400 times what his or her employee earns. If anything, it’s the CEOs we can’t afford, not the workers.”
Balh, Blah, 0Bama recording.
Hey Glenn Pipelines are infrastructure spending, nit wit!
This one has the added benefit of being privately financed.
” Much of this heavy sludge oil is primarily just passing through the U.S. on its way to be exported, tax-free, to foreign countries. It’s not for American consumption. “
Well... that’s because we don’t want the “dirty tar sands”.
We want the good stuff.
Lying jackass. Even the AFL-CIO says that hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created.
Its a cult. And it isnt liberalism, its national socialism.
Of course a cult member is actually mentally challenged.
Safer, no, but it does have the benefit of keeping the transportation dollars in certain pockets.
Anything, it seems, to assist in zerø’s destruction of the United States.
Glenn must’ve been an “A” student in English and excelled in “Creative Writing”.
Is approving Keystone worse than subsidizing Solyndra?
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