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Fallacy of Promise of 'Green Jobs'
The Sun ^ | September 10, 2008 | John Stossel

Posted on 09/09/2008 10:05:57 PM PDT by smokingfrog

The Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, has a great twofer pitch: "green jobs." It sounds like a winner. In one fell swoop he can promise to end unemployment and fix and save the planet from climate change.

Or so he says.

"I'll invest $150 billion over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy — wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced," he told the Democratic National Convention.

Wow. Five million new jobs. All that work building windmills and creating biofuels are the "green jobs" that will come into existence when wise government creates the industries that will produce the energy and vehicles that will make fossil fuels obsolete.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climatechange; energy; energypolicy; environment; jobs; obama; obamabiden
The only jobs that government creates is government jobs, and we've already got too many of those.
1 posted on 09/09/2008 10:05:57 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

“Climate change” is over. It has been revealed as being a hoax.


2 posted on 09/09/2008 10:08:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (McCain/Palin '08! Real change you won't have to "believe in." You'll be able to see it!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

Obama and his ilk don’t trust capitalism. They are afraid that somewhere, somehow, someone is going to make a profit. Obama doesn’t want the private sector to do the R & D into our energy problems and come up with solutions. He wants the government to do everything, then there’s no chance that someone will get rich developing new technologies.


3 posted on 09/09/2008 10:09:43 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: smokingfrog

Excellent article. The more government intervenes, the less free market, and the free market is where products actually develop. The government produces nothing.


4 posted on 09/09/2008 10:12:55 PM PDT by hsalaw
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To: smokingfrog
I'd like to apply for the job of putting lightning bugs in a jar so that we can read charcoal writing on a wooden shovel at night.
5 posted on 09/09/2008 10:14:02 PM PDT by Roccus (Someday it will all make sense............maybe.)
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To: smokingfrog

yay more make-work programs and boondoggles


6 posted on 09/09/2008 10:17:44 PM PDT by ari-freedom (We never hide from history. We make history!)
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To: smokingfrog

Wondering if Obama will have the BLM rounding up the wild horses and Donkeys, and training them to pull wagonloads of the materials to the job sites for construction of all those windmills.

Just thinkin’ about all those new jobs making tack, and buckboards, Conestoga wagons, Blacksmiths, Chuck Wagons to feed the workmen. Lots of new jobs.

Where’s Gabby Hayes?


7 posted on 09/09/2008 10:33:29 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, Call 'em what you will, they ALL have Fairies livin' in their Trees.)
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To: smokingfrog

How many billions have been pi$$ed away by the FedGov on solar, wind, et al since little JImmy got into the racket back in the late 70s??


8 posted on 09/09/2008 10:36:44 PM PDT by ASOC (Have a nice day, just don't have it around me (bumper sticker))
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

9 posted on 09/11/2008 2:15:02 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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