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America In Lockdown

January 26, 2014 by PA Pundits - International

“Dedicated public servants” lock up lands and resources, lock down job and economic recovery By Paul Driessen ~ President Obama insists he is determined to create jobs in America. He recently announced the creation of “promise zones” for five communities around the nation and a “manufacturing institute” aimed at fostering more high-paying jobs in energy […]

Green Jobs: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. President

July 27, 2013 by PA Pundits - International

By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ In his speech at Knox College, President Obama laid out his plan for the Detroitification of America: higher taxes, higher spending, increased minimum wages, more mandates, and rerouting the path of upward mobility through tried-and-failed social programs. He blames unfettered markets for taking America away from the halcyon days of […]

Garbage Collecting A Green Job? According To Government, Yes!

March 23, 2013 by PA Pundits - International

By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ As we have noted (here, here, here, and here), the BLS definition of green jobs is so bizarre that the total counts are meaningless. For instance, according to the BLS, the septic-tank and portable-toilet servicing industry has nearly three times as many green jobs as are in the solar, wind, […]

The Hope-a-Nomics Disaster: One Company’s Horror Story

November 11, 2012 by PA Pundits - International

By Michelle Malkin ~ President Obama promises to move the country forward with his recycled pledge of five million green jobs. But in the real world, small businesses are struggling to stay afloat as they deal with the fiscal wreckage of this administration’s disastrous venture socialism. Here’s the tale of just one Colorado company victimized […]

Green Jobs Go 0-for-4

November 2, 2012 by PA Pundits - International

By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ The Administration’s green jobs initiatives appear to be the Detroit Tigers of the policy world—they are 0-for-4 in the major reports on their success. In the past year, there have been four reports on green jobs by the Department of Labor: two from the department’s inspector general’s office and two […]

Green Jobs Count: Fewer than Before, Sillier than Ever

July 10, 2012 by PA Pundits - International

By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ Back in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released a study showing our economy had 3.1 million green jobs. Recently, it issued another green jobs study with a headlining number of 854,700 green jobs. Don’t worry—the economy did not lose 2 million green jobs in three months. There were […]

Exploding The “Green Jobs” Myth

June 10, 2012 by PA Pundits - International

By Andrew Bolt ~ This is just amazing. The following video shows some questioning about what constitutes as ‘green jobs’. The person asking the questions is the House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the respondent is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Acting Commissioner Josh Galvin, who was reluctant to appear, something that becomes […]

Obama’s Green Jobs Program “Infused with Politics at Every Level”

December 27, 2011 by PA Pundits - International

By Mike Brownfield In a damning report, The Washington Post details its investigation of President Barack Obama’s much-hyped green jobs program. Its findings? Politics, not policy, underpinned the White House’s calculations. From The Post report: Meant to create jobs and cut reliance on foreign oil, Obama’s green-technology program was infused with politics at every level, The […]