Congressman Geoff Davis is shilling for the Keystone XL Pipeline and it’s a hot mess:
At a time when more than 13 million Americans are unemployed, we should be doing everything it can to create a stable atmosphere for our economy and encourage job creation.
Too often, the message from Washington speaks of job creation, but the actions do not match the words.
One action that could be taken to immediately open the door to 20,000 jobs is approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The proposed pipeline would transport 500,000 barrels of oil daily from Canada to oil refineries in the U.S. A group of House Democrats even wrote to President Obama in support of the pipeline noting the 20,000 direct jobs and that the project would “spur the creation of 118,000 spin-off jobs.” Recognizing the positive economic impact of the project, it has won broad support from business groups to labor unions. Read more about the project including the letters of support at http://transcanada.com/keystone.html.
The Keystone XL Pipeline represents one of the most straightforward and simple opportunities to create American jobs. This shovel-ready project not only creates jobs, but decreases U.S. dependence on unstable foreign sources of oil.
Click here to read the entire thing.
Then foam at the mouth about the environmental woes.
We think his final days in office would be better spent focusing on Kentucky.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Ed Marksberry // Jan 18, 2012 at 12:17 pm
On the jobs created? I stole this from NPR, “A recent State Department study said the construction workforce would be 5,000 to 6,000 workers. And once the construction phase ends, almost all of these jobs, however many are created, would go away”.
2 Roger // Jan 18, 2012 at 1:31 pm
A study at Cornell University study (Pipe Dreams?) shows that TransCanada and its supporters have pretty much made up their job numbers.
It sounds like much of the material/equipment won’t even be made in the US or Canada.
3 VolintheVille // Jan 18, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Oil is an elephants meth.
4 Jocko Flocko // Jan 18, 2012 at 4:10 pm
I sometimes wonder if the Chinese lose sleep laughing at this fucking country. This is sillier than opposing ANWR.
5 VolintheVille // Jan 18, 2012 at 5:03 pm
….”but decreases U.S. dependence on unstable foreign sources of oil.”
Really Geoff???
First off, I have a large problem trusting the numbers from the web-page you supply (although you at least supply some type of reference webpage, but its from transcanada.com)
Let me suggest this web page instead: http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/foreign_oil_dependence.cfm
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