Interesting article about how well the taxpayers money was spent on the lunacy of creating 'green jobs.' Reading through this article will be enough to raise your blood pressure and make you want to throttle our politicians even more.
First we can take a look at the definition of 'green jobs': “Green jobs” were defined as “jobs associated with products and services that use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources. This is nothing new, since such jobs were defined in the Occupational Information Network and more recently in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Green Jobs Act of 2007, long before the current presidency."
Like the current potus created all those thousands of green jobs and this was something radically new and different that was on the government's books? How many green jobs were actually created, very, very few.
As I reside in a state that loves any kind of new tax or fee, and is totally unsympathetic of how bad new taxes and fees are for the average citizen, my state made it even worse by buying into the tripe and folly of jobs from green or alternative energy. Thank you to the libtards that have run Oregon for the last 20 plus years. Thank you for the skyrocketing utility prices the we now pay and can look forward to. Thank you for Measures 66 and 67. I could go on and on but who wants to read that?
So where did the majority of the funds go from the Green Jobs Program? Read on to find out.
"The half billion dollars were awarded as grants to 189 entities, mostly for training programs and $54.7 million for non-training programs. Program administration and technical assistance swallowed the remaining $9.9 million.
Twenty-five projects, mostly first time recipients of grants, prepared and placed workers for “green jobs” such as hybrid/electric auto technicians, weatherization specialists (caulkers), and solar panel installers.
From Canada Free Press and this was originally published on December 25, 2011.
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Green Jobs Debacle
By Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh
Sifting through Congressional records is not my idea of fun. I wanted to find out for myself where half a billion-taxpayer dollars were spent with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which was earmarked to fund employment and training programs for Americans.
The unemployment rate was abysmal yet the Employment Training Administration (ETA) received half a billion dollars in grants for research, labor exchange, and job training projects for careers in renewable energy industries and energy efficiency, the administration’s so-called “Green Jobs” program. Where were the jobs?
The Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), an independent entity, was asked by Congress to audit this Green Jobs program. The Inspector General’s office was told to find out how ETA defined “green jobs,” how ETA used the half billion dollars, how much training and placement workers received, and what was their job retention rate. The findings were a typical example of government waste of taxpayer dollars.
“Green jobs” were defined as “jobs associated with products and services that use renewable energy resources, reduce pollution, and conserve natural resources. This is nothing new, since such jobs were defined in the Occupational Information Network and more recently in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the Green Jobs Act of 2007, long before the current presidency.
The half billion dollars were awarded as grants to 189 entities, mostly for training programs and $54.7 million for non-training programs. Program administration and technical assistance swallowed the remaining $9.9 million.
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