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 Billions for 'green jobs,' whatever they are
washington examiner ^ | 6/10/10 | Byron York

Posted on 06/10/2010 9:46:52 PM PDT by Nachum

Buried deep inside a federal newsletter on March 16 was something called a "notice of solicitation of comments" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the Department of Labor.

"BLS is responsible for developing and implementing the collection of new data on green jobs," said the note in the Federal Register, which is widely read by government bureaucrats and almost never seen by the general public. But the notice said there is "no widely accepted standard definition of 'green jobs.'" To help find that definition, the Labor Department asked that readers send in suggestions.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: billions; green; jobs; whatever

1 posted on 06/10/2010 9:46:52 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

The Gulf is FULL of Green Jobs for all sorts of contractors!


2 posted on 06/10/2010 9:52:31 PM PDT by himno hero
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To: Nachum


One of the many "Green Jobs" in the future....
3 posted on 06/10/2010 9:53:48 PM PDT by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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Easy.

A Green Job is where the government gives you green for not doing the job.


4 posted on 06/10/2010 9:54:26 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Kozak

The same green jobs where windmills were frozen stiff in Minnesota.


5 posted on 06/10/2010 10:14:17 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Nachum


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

6 posted on 06/10/2010 10:22:02 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: D-fendr
Easy.

A Green Job is where the government gives you green for not doing the job.

I like it!


7 posted on 06/10/2010 10:30:28 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: Nachum

don’t forget the census.

$4.5 billion spent on the census in 2000.
$14.5 spent for the 2010 census.

and which organization supplied most of the people?

ACORN

nice little $10 billion bonus for the heads of ACORN.


8 posted on 06/10/2010 11:59:06 PM PDT by sten
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9 posted on 06/14/2010 10:42:32 AM PDT by epithermal
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