A group of 100 business and manufacturing groups has sent a letter to President Obama urging him to quickly approve the Keystone XL pipeline, saying it would be “irresponsible” for the president to halt the job-creating project.
“With your approval, this shovel-ready project will provide 20,000 jobs in construction and manufacturing in the next two years, and add tens of thousands of additional jobs throughout the economy in other sectors including service, retail and distribution,” the Jan. 11 letter said.
“With our nation’s stubbornly high unemployment, it would be irresponsible to let such good-paying jobs slip away.”
The letter, signed by such groups as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable, urges the president to approve the pipeline project quickly, saying that a myriad of industries would see new jobs created.
Citing a provision in the recently passed payroll tax holiday that directs the president to make a decision on the pipeline within the next few weeks, the letter said that environmental concerns should not stop the pipeline from being built.
“The State Department’s announcement that it was delaying a decision on Keystone XL cited a need to study an alternative route in Nebraska around the Sandhills region. The federal payroll tax legislation recently passed with strong bipartisan support and signed into law allows the State Department and Nebraska as much time as necessary to identify and review a new route, while allowing construction to begin elsewhere along the pipeline route,” the letter states.
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Say NO to the pipeline!
ReplyDeleteIt's not for OUR country's benefit. It'll end up turning into a national disaster and we'll be left paying the millions/billions to clean it up, while Canada laughs all the way to the bank!
Does anyone REALLY think this is going to create all those jobs in the first place? I don't.
Get companies to open up sitting empty/dying plants and lets start manufacturing in THIS country again! Give them huge tax breaks to do it, it'll be worth every dime!
Say yes to the Pipeline little oil spill here and there wont hurt anything.
ReplyDeleteWait where are the "Obama is selling out to the greenie tree hugger comments" that pop up every time we have a story about this pipeline, regardless of a fact that Republicans from the affected states have led the charge against the previous plans.
ReplyDeleteIf Obama does not do this gas will rise to $6.00-$8.00 a gallon.
ReplyDeleteThe left will rejoice b/c the WHite Man will get paid back for the days of Slavery; which they were not alive than, but Obama does not care nor the left.
He better say yes. America needs the jobs and the oil. Besides the unions want it and so does big business. So If he doesn't say yes he could lose all those campaign contributions from unions and big business. He says jobs is his first priority. Now he needs to prove it. 20,000 plus jobs. That could make a big dent in the unemployment numbers.
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