>> So I wanted to write to ask for your help. Not help for me, but for all the folks who are out of a job or otherwise struggling in this recession. Let me explain. President Obama’s economic recovery plan just passed in the House—it’s got billions of dollars for education, mass transit, and clean energy.
So, we’re supposed to help “folks who are out of a job” by passing “billions of dollars for education, mass transit and clean energy”. How does that help the jobless? They’ve got transit with nowhere to go, education that they can’t use (because, presumably, its for children), and “clean” energy ... but still no job.
SnakeDoc
Well, the claim is that a bunch of jobs will be created with all the infrastructure spending due to companies having to hire them for the work. There are a few problems with the notion that this is going to save the economy, however:
1) Most of the infrastructure spending, at least on the things like bridges, roads, repairs, etc. will be performed by state and local depts. of transportation - meaning that it will be govt. workers who are already employed who will be doing these projects.
2) For the work that will be farmed out to private firms, most of these firms are already in slowdown as it is, so the extra work may help to keep them from laying off workers, but it won't stretch their capacities beyond what they can handle so that they'd need to hire new workers.
3) Does anyone really think that we have 3 million unemployed construction workers sitting around just waiting to be hired? No. Most of the people losing their jobs are in manufacturing, support services, etc. etc. and hence would be no more qualified, or even able, to take a construction job than 0bama himself is.
It's all a con that the Dems are hoping to play on the America people to get us to go along with their big-spending swagbag for Democrat contributors.
Hey,didn’t this jerk listen to The Economic Gnome,
Robert Reichhhhhhhhhha.
No cash for the “White Construction Workers”.
Get a real job,like HHS Secretary.