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Story #9: Heritage Foundation Exposes "Green Job" Myths
RUSH: You know, it's amazing, folks, the breadth and the scope things the Heritage Foundation digs into, and you can find out what it is at AskHeritage.org. Here are a couple examples: "The Green Job Myth Exposed -- Late last year we called into question the credibility of a Center for American Progress 'study' purporting to show how many 'green collar jobs' $100 billion in government spending on 'green investments' would create. CAP did not take kindly to our criticism. Now four academics have taken a closer look at that CAP study as well as reports from three other organizations including the American Solar Energy Society, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the United Nations Environmental Programme."
They continue. "1. Myth: Everyone understands what a green job is. Reality: No standard definition of a green job exists. 2. Myth: Creating green jobs will boost productive employment. Reality: Green jobs estimates include huge numbers of clerical, bureaucratic, and administrative positions that do not produce goods and services for consumption," sort of like the education system: They don't produce educated students at the end of the course. They produce a hell of a lot of bureaucrats, however. "3. Myth: Green jobs forecasts are reliable. Reality: The green jobs studies made estimates using poor economic models based on dubious assumptions," and it goes on and on and on.
So there are seven myths of green jobs from the Heritage Foundation. Another one: "Obama Will Shock Consumers with Higher Electric Bills -- Hold onto your thermostat as well as your wallet! Annual utility bills may rise $1,800 under President Obama's cap and trade energy tax plan. That wipes out his pledge of a $800 a year tax cut for 95% of Americans. .... The new price tag is three times as high, close to $2 trillion in 8 years, according to Jason Furman, deputy director of Obama's National Economic Council." The Obama administration actually floated the $2 trillion over eight years earlier this week as opposed to the first number, the $646 billion or whatever it was for cap and trade. Heritage Foundation: it is amazing the breadth and the scope of the things they dig into, and produce expert results and analysis. It's www.AskHeritage.org