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White House: Gitmo transfers mean jobs (in Illinois)
UPI ^ | Nov. 22, 2009 | UPI

Posted on 11/22/2009 2:40:25 PM PST by SolidWood

THOMSON, Ill., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Thousands of jobs would be created in Illinois if the U.S. government purchases a nearly empty prison there to house terror detainees, a study indicates.

The study, performed by the Obama White House Council of Economic Advisers and obtained by The Chicago Sun-Times, asserted that 2,290 to 2,960 jobs would be created in and around Thomson, Ill., in the first year after its conversion to house some of the prisoners now held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, the newspaper reported Sunday.

Local residents in the Illinois-Iowa border town would be "good candidates" to fill 1,240 to 1,410 of those jobs, the report indicated.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; US: Illinois; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chicagomafia; culturalsuicide; gitmo; illinois; insanity; jobs; jobsforblood; nationalsuicide; obama; seiu; unions
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To: SolidWood

Oh yeah, jobs, right. How long will those jobs be there? Is der fuehrer planning on keeping all of those prisoners there forever? Maybe he is planning on releasing them and filling the prison with those who don’t buy health insurance from the government or maybe those who refuse to go along with the rest of his facist-nazi plans.


21 posted on 11/22/2009 3:01:42 PM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: SolidWood

We have MILLIONS of folks out of work, millions of folks that have lost their homes and millions of folks have lost their dreams.

All of that and much much more, and THIS is the best Obama and his criminal conspirators can do!

Absolutely EVERYTHING is above the pay grade of Americas First Failed Black Pres-dent.


22 posted on 11/22/2009 3:02:37 PM PST by Gator113 (Obama is Americas First Failed Black Pres-dent.....)
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To: SolidWood

I thought all the mean jobs were already taken.


23 posted on 11/22/2009 3:03:09 PM PST by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: cripplecreek
Maybe Calif could rescind the high salaries and sweetheart deals they made with the prison guard unions to save some money?

Hmmm, they pay their prison workers here with “no” problem.

Good point you make, thanks.

If anyone makes a deal with CA to take some of their prisoners, the entities taking them should ask for a BIF deal. (Bread In Front) No IOU’s.

24 posted on 11/22/2009 3:04:53 PM PST by Syncro (TPXIII coming soon! Watch this space)
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To: SolidWood

Correct SEIU and Crony Jobs. Defeat this travesty! Why not New York where our state is going bankrupt. We have lots of mental hospitals they could be locked up in! All of the crazy people are outside!


25 posted on 11/22/2009 3:06:51 PM PST by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: SolidWood
The study, performed by the Obama White House Council of Economic Advisers

List of advisers here

Christina Romer is Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Well, that settles it. I believe them! /s

They have done such a wonderful job at creating JOBS all over the country. /s

26 posted on 11/22/2009 3:07:27 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Shady

It appears the AFSCME is the union of choice in that area.

Same crap, different name.


27 posted on 11/22/2009 3:10:25 PM PST by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: SolidWood

Attack, Republicans, attack.


28 posted on 11/22/2009 3:12:23 PM PST by dr_who
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To: SolidWood

Prison Guard Salary

Entry Level Salary:
$22,010

Average Salary:
$32,670

Requirements

If you are physically fit, have no felony convictions

stressful working conditions create turnover in this field and a rising prison population increases demand


29 posted on 11/22/2009 3:12:30 PM PST by kcvl
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To: SolidWood

bump


30 posted on 11/22/2009 3:13:32 PM PST by VOA
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To: RC2

Yea, and just try to get one! LOL!!!LOL!!LOL!LOL!!!!!


31 posted on 11/22/2009 3:14:22 PM PST by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: manc

OK, I have a question. If the trial is in NYC, and the prisoners er TERRORIST WAR CRIMINALS are being housed in Illinois, how are they going to get to NYC?

EIB1


32 posted on 11/22/2009 3:16:03 PM PST by Shady (The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
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To: RC2; ~Kim4VRWC's~

They make it up as they go along like the outright radical marxists they are.

The WH does NOT want you to see the following...

VIDEO

The REAL GUANTANAMO BAY!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtrzcBMbVXs&feature=player_embedded

In a double dip recession why is no one in our media speaking out about the money spent in Gitmo that will be wasted?

CLICK BELOW to see the courtrooms in Gitmo.

http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2007/October/103107-1-courtroom21.html


33 posted on 11/22/2009 3:16:14 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: SolidWood

I wonder if they counted the hundreds of extra security positions they’ll need at O’Hare if they go ahead with this.


34 posted on 11/22/2009 3:18:30 PM PST by bustinchops (Teddy ("The Hiccup") Kennedy - the original water-boarder)
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To: SolidWood

November 17, 2009 3:09 PM

Survey Shows Only 32% of Illinois Voters Support Quinn/Durbin Plan to Move Gitmo to Illinois, 57% Oppose

60% of women, 58% of independents and plurality of Democrats call plan a “bad idea”

Less than one-third of Illinois voters support a plan to move terrorists from Gitmo to Thomson, Illinois while 57 percent call it a “bad idea,” according to a survey released today by We Ask America, a division of Xpress Professional Services, Inc. of Springfield, Illinois.

According to the overnight survey of 1,791 likely Illinois voters, 60 percent of women and 58 percent of independents oppose the plan. Even Democrats narrowly oppose the plan, 44.5 percent to 43 percent.


35 posted on 11/22/2009 3:18:38 PM PST by kcvl
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To: SolidWood

That’s not thousands of jobs.


36 posted on 11/22/2009 3:21:24 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: manc

The only good thing is it’s likely to happen to Illinois, a state that’s truly earned it by cursing us with the Illegal Alien and Senator Turban.


37 posted on 11/22/2009 3:25:21 PM PST by libstripper
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To: SolidWood

Oh, now isn’t that just special? Three thousand new taxpayer funded federal government jobs to molly-coddle a couple of hundred terrorists who are dedicated to the destruction of the U.S.

Somehow I just don’t think this will help the economy that much, seeing as how these jobs will be a drain on the economy rather boosting the economy by creating new wealth.


38 posted on 11/22/2009 3:31:31 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
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To: SolidWood

Ahhhh......

Many new fresh faces to spit on. The terrorists will love it.


39 posted on 11/22/2009 3:40:37 PM PST by Flint
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To: kcvl

it doesn’t matter how many people oppose the transfer, the demons passed maobamacare when most of their constituants opposed it.


40 posted on 11/22/2009 3:44:05 PM PST by 1st Division guy
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