The Green Collar Job Myth

Badly need your help. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.

I am from Marshall and too poorly know English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: "Do synthroid help you lose weight while maintaining and treating hypothyroidism?"

Thanks :o. Arley.

Arley of MN 8:00PM May 21, 2009

"Has not the Republican government already written rules to favor ethanol? In a way that impinges on the jobs of oil workers? Not to mention raising world prices of food?"

They (along with Barack Obama and Dems, who voted for the bill that John McCain didn't) have passed the bill that encourages ethanol production that impedes on development of jobs in the energy sector, as well as cut jobs that are already existing. But this has occurred way before this. We can also look back at the legislation passe that banned offshore drilling both by the Democratically controlled Congress and by Bush Sr. and see how that has impacted jobs in the energy sector. But noticed I said "politician". This is not a partisan issue, but a bipartisan one when it comes to favoring certain industries. And it need not be oil. Look at farm and sugar subsidies.

Chris of AZ 1:25PM August 28, 2008

Now, you're playing coy, Daniel David. Anyway, politicians don't have to say outright that someone's job is "virtuous". They do it through their actions and policies. By Obama explicitly stating he wants to create "green" jobs, the only way these jobs will come in to effect is by government writing rules and regulations that favor companies that have these so-called "green" jobs. These rules would obviously have an adverse effect on jobs in carbon-based energy sectors. This is how a politician determines which job is virtuous or not.

If you're not Daniel David, I apologize. But your writings and unhinged attacks on the blogger leads me to believe that you are Daniel David.

Chris of AZ 11:08PM August 27, 2008

"The notion, though, that windmills, geothermal, solar power, highways, bridges, sewers, schools, hospitals---etc.---do not create jobs is another Jimmy P. lie."

Thank you for proving Jimmy P.'s point, Daniel David.

On a flip note, the other thing that is not mentioned is that many of these so-called "green" jobs will come at the expense of people currently working in carbon-based jobs. I don't think those folks would very much like to know that they may be losing a job because some politician believes his work is not virtuous.

Chris of AZ 3:21PM August 27, 2008