During the Presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama said he would spend $210 to create 5 million jobs. This was something like 500,000 jobs a year over ten years. In green jobs and in construction related to green jobs and infrastructure. And that’s nice. But we need 5 million jobs now. NOW. And here’s how we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'economic recovery'
Using Public Jobs to Stimulate Private Enterprise
May 21st, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Economics, energy, jobs, Populism
Tags: developing private industry jobs·economic development·economic recovery·economic stimulus·growing the economy·jobs·manufacturing in the U.S.·public jobs·stimulus
The American Economy In Big Trouble–Part I, Background
February 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Economics, Politics
A little history. In 2000, George W. Bush was elected President of the United States and took over in January 2001. Within days of taking office, Richard Cheney had already held a meeting concerning energy, which to an oilman means oil. He had a meeting on drilling for oil. Not here in the United States, [...]
Tags: economic recovery·jobs·the Bush economic collapse·the economy·the future of the economy