Obama knew Gulf drilling ban would cost at least 23,000 jobs

Washington Examiner ^ | 8/21/2010 | Mark Tapscott

[Cheetahcat]

“Now if the 23,000 number is what the came up with they are way off base
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Free Lance Star (Fredricksburg VA) running a story today that the lack of Gulf sea food is costing VA approx 30Mill and 350 some jobs.
I guess if you wanted to run the (obvious) extension all the way down the ladder to people that have to haul the shells away, you could really add to the ‘number’.”

Yes that economic shock wave is large and painful.

[zot]

Yes, this makes more people dependent on the government. That’s the purpose. When everyone is dependent on the government, that is communism, no matter what it is called.