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Obama's Green Jobs Program: $135,294 Per Job
IBD's Capital Hill ^ | 1/8/2010 | Sean Higgins

Posted on 01/08/2010 3:19:23 PM PST by Slyscribe

The White House announced Friday the awarding of $2.3 billion in tax credits — the money comes from last year’s stimulus bill — to companies to create “green jobs.”

The announcement was rather obviously timed to counter the news that the nation lost 85,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate stayed at 10% — bad news for an administration that once promised to hold unemployment to 8% by the end of 2009.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bho44; green; greenjobs; jobs; obama; pricetag; stimulus
$2.3 billion for 17,000 jobs = $135,294 per job.
1 posted on 01/08/2010 3:19:24 PM PST by Slyscribe
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To: Slyscribe

“the money comes from last year’s stimulus bill”

The money comes from last years, next years and three or four future generations of taxpayers.


2 posted on 01/08/2010 3:22:46 PM PST by caver (Obama's first goals: allow more killing of innocents and allow the killers of innocents to go free.)
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To: Slyscribe

WTF!

Just give us that money and the economy would soar!!


3 posted on 01/08/2010 3:22:53 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: Slyscribe

What is the world are these people talking about? They say the words “Green Jobs” like they means something. Gosh we are so screwed. They don’t have a clue.


4 posted on 01/08/2010 3:23:00 PM PST by WHBates
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To: Slyscribe

companies to create “green jobs.”

you sure it isn’t going to SAVE OR CREATE green jobs/?


5 posted on 01/08/2010 3:23:22 PM PST by ColdOne (ColdOne(Obama=Treason))
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To: ColdOne

“We aim to be like Spain courtesy of Obama’s pain.”-Jesse Jackson

***Green Stimulus Money Costs More Jobs Than It Creates, Study Shows***

http://www.cnsnews.com/Public/Content/Article.aspx?rsrcid=46453


6 posted on 01/08/2010 3:28:22 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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To: Slyscribe

Screw the green job, just cut me a check for $134,294 every year and I’ll support 0bama (naaah just kidding but give me the $$$ anyway Bam Bam)


7 posted on 01/08/2010 3:43:51 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: Slyscribe

Another scam!


8 posted on 01/08/2010 4:31:37 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Leaders who refuse to lead will be lead by the people)
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