President Obama believes there is “no evidence” that the Keystone XL pipeline project “will be a big jobs generator,” but the statistics he cited as “most realistic” are far lower than the State Department’s projections about the pipeline’s impact on the economy.
“A president disparaging private-sector jobs while backstage at a jobs rally is beyond belief,” House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., said in a statement. “The president’s own State Department reported that Keystone would support upwards of 40,000 jobs. In this economy, any source of private job creation should be welcomed with open arms. After nearly 5 years and 15,500 pages of review, there is no reason to delay these jobs another day. Republicans, Democrats, leading unions, and job creators all agree, it’s time to start building.”
Obama pooh-poohed Keystone when asked if he thought it would be a “big jobs generator” by the New York Times last week. “Republicans have said that this would be a big jobs generator,” Obama said in the interview. “There is no evidence that that’s true. The most realistic estimates are this might create maybe 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipeline, which might take a year or two, and then after that we’re talking about somewhere between 50 and 100 jobs in an economy of 150 million working people.”
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See he has no idea what he doing. I could run this country better.map
ReplyDeleteHe's waiting to let it go for the election cycle. Duh.
ReplyDeleteWhich dumb ass in this nation believes ANYTHING this incompetent goof says? With his record of lying, misrepresentations, and complete buffonery with regard to the economy, the tax system, job "creation" (lol), international relations, management of ANYTHING, "transparency" (BIG lol), etc., he shouldn't be trusted with his own pocket change. He is, without much debate, the stupidest, most incompetent, and worst president ever. Thats list includes Jimmy Carter, Grover Cleveland, and James Garfield. Further, none of the aforementioned Presidents sealed documents and records from their past, or used a dead man's Social Security number.
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