Posted on 06/07/2012 1:54:09 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch
The Obama administration on Wednesday acknowledged a wide-ranging definition of “green jobs” that includes bus driver, bicycle-shop clerk and other unexpected lines of employment, which the chairman of the GOP-led House oversight committee said is being done for “clearly political purposes.”
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, made the assertion during a hearing on how the administration counts so-called green jobs and the Labor Department’s recent change to how reporters can access key unemployment reports and other information.
The Labor Department "has jeopardized the integrity of employment data in some cases for clearly political reasons," he said.
Issa suggested the administration is reclassifying such jobs to prove that billions of taxpayer dollars, through the federal stimulus program, have created green, or environmentally-focused jobs – a major initiative for President Obama.
“It’s about politics. It’s always been about politics,” said Issa, R-Calif. “If you work at the Salvation Army, that’s a green job.”...
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“unexpected”
Landscapers
Farmworkers
Fishing Guides
Feed store employees
Nursery Employees
Golf course maint.
Lifeguards
Painters
Fertilizer plant employees
Dairy employees
100% pure bull crap! FUBO!
100% pure bull crap! FUBO!
Ah ,bull crap ,also green LOL
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‘Bus drivers’ makes sense: they take Dem voters from precinct to precinct and state to state so they can vote and vote and vote and vote for ‘green jobs’ politicians.
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