Obama’s Green Job Plan x 10

Ramsay Mameesh — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:19:36 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama has promised $15 billion per year towards green infrastructure projects. While seemingly a large figure, it is a drop in the bucket, that will have little economic impact on the $14 trillion U.S. economy. And even though the Obama proposal will create 2.5 million green jobs within 5 years, that will do little to replace the 4 million lost manufacturing jobs since President Bush took office, or the 2 million jobs lost so far this year, or the who knows how many jobs that will be lost in 2009.

What is needed is a much larger investment in the Green economy, one that will create a new era of high paying middle class jobs, and an investment that strengthens the overall economy by reducing government budget deficits. An investment sufficient in size that will do more than simply stimulate consumption, or keep Green hopes alive, but an investment that will permanently transform the economy. And help America regain it’s economic, competitive, and technological advantage once again.

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Obama’s Green Job Plan x 10