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Reeeiiiiiiccchhhhe Stimulated

by Hal_10000

The World’s Smallest Marxist is peeing himself over the stimulus package.  Well, except for one bit:

But if there aren’t enough skilled professionals to do the jobs involving new technologies, the stimulus will just increase the wages of the professionals who already have the right skills rather than generate many new jobs in these fields. And if construction jobs go mainly to white males who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the most—women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed—will be shut out.

Yes.  God forbid that the critical golf courses and museums comprising the stimulus bill should be built by trained and licensed professionals.

What to do? There’s no easy solution to either dilemma. But there’s no reason to think about “green jobs” as simply high-tech. Many low-income and low-skilled workers—women as well as men—could be put directly to work providing homes and businesses with more efficient and renewable heating, lighting, cooling, and refrigeration systems; installing solar panels and efficient photovoltaic systems; rehabilitating and renovating old properties, and improving recycling systems. “Green Jobs Corps” teams could be trained to evaluate and advise homeowners and businesses on these and other means of conserving energy.

I don’t know how things work on whatever tiny asteroid Robert Reich came from.  But on this planet, installing heating, lighting, cooling and refrigeration systems is neither low-skill nor low-wage.  Trust me on this.  I’m pricing all manner energy efficiency upgrades for me electricity-gobbling house.  It ain’t cheap.

Sometimes I’m convinced that the only reason the economy did well under Clinton was because they kept Reich locked in a little box most of the time and just let him out to enrage conservatives.

Incidentally, the Republicans, predictably, are waking up, brushing off the beer cans and cigarette butts and finding that—surprise!—government spending is wasteful.  Here’s a little list of the things Robert Reich things are “twofers” that will create jobs and build the future.

$650 million for digital TV coupons.
$6 billion for colleges/universities - many which have billion dollar endowments.
$166 billion in direct aid to states - many of which have failed to budget wisely.
$50 million in funding for the National Endowment of the Arts.
$44 million for repairs to U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters.
$200 million for the National Mall, including grass planting.
$400 million for “National Treasures.”

Almost one-third of the so called tax relief in the House Democrats’ bill is spending in disguise, meaning that true tax relief makes up only 24 percent of the total package - not the 40 percent that President-elect Obama had requested.

Welcome back to the fold, guys.  Too bad you already made such a mess.

Comments

Posted by on 01/23/09 at 07:07 PM from

$200 million for the National Mall, including grass planting.

Last time I was at the National Mall, two (American) tourists came up and asked me where all the stores were.

So obviously we need to build some.

I just can’t work out why Reich thinks it needs more grass. Maybe he meant ‘glass’?

Posted by Hal_10000 on 01/23/09 at 07:11 PM from

I just can’t work out why Reich thinks it needs more grass.

He’s probably thinking of the kind you smoke.

Posted by on 01/24/09 at 08:40 AM from

Good god, the man’s a fucking idiot.  Is he related to that moronic Naomi Klein bitch?

Posted by HARLEY on 01/24/09 at 09:05 AM from

don’t know how things work on whatever tiny asteroid Robert Reich came from.  But on this planet, installing heating, lighting, cooling and refrigeration systems is neither low-skill nor low-wage.  Trust me on this.  I’m pricing all manner energy efficiency upgrades for me electricity-gobbling house.  It ain’t cheap.

uh, hal, it doenst really require a lot of intelligence either.
Now maintain the systems and servicing does require a fair amount of skill.
Oh yes, i do know what you mean it is expensive, but not too difficult.

Posted by HARLEY on 01/24/09 at 09:07 AM from

Last time I was at the National Mall, two (American) tourists came up and asked me where all the stores were.

im sure… they were probably from some big urban democratic area.

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