Sunday, September 4, 2011

Job Scorecard: Barry 14, Barry's economy -1,100

It's time for another installment of "Let's do the math"! I'll wait a couple minutes for all you "social science" majors to clear out. Everybody else? Good.



The Obama administration "invested" in America to get America working again. How's that working out for us? Obama seems convinced that "green energy" is the wave of the future and the path to prosperity, creating thousands of jobs. Let's take a look at two of the administration's efforts



$20 Million for an insulation project in Seattle to conserve energy: Net 14 jobs.

$500 Million dollars for a solar cell manufacturer in California: Net -1,100 jobs.



Let's recap, shall we? $520 Million dollars spent, brought the US a net of one thousand and eighty six jobs lost.



Like the brother-in-law who's totaled every car you've ever loaned him, why do I have the feeling that Obama is going to ask us for the keys again Thursday night, and telling us, "This time it will be different"?

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