Obama Calls Out Republicans For Wasting Time On Keystone: ‘That’s Not A Jobs Plan’

[ProSense]

Obama Calls Out Republicans For Wasting Time On Keystone: ‘That’s Not A Jobs Plan’

By Annie-Rose Strasser and Adam Peck

In a speech on Tuesday focused on repairing the American economy, President Obama called out Republicans in Congress for flouting serious job-creation efforts in favor of trying to repeal environmental regulations and push for the creation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

While Republicans have advocated for Keystone by insisting that it will create jobs, Obama slammed that assertion Tuesday, pointing to the Cornell University estimate that Keystone would only create 50 permanent jobs:

If (Congressional Republicans have) got a better plan to create jobs rebuilding our infrastructure or to help workers earn the high-tech skills they need, then they should offer up these ideas. But I’ve got to tell you, just gutting our environmental protection, that’s not a jobs plan. Gutting investments in education, that’s not a jobs plan. You know, they keep on talking about an oil pipeline coming down from Canada that’s estimated to create about 50 permanent jobs. That’s not a jobs plan.

Watch it:

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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/30/2384551/obama-keystone-jobs/

[villager]

1. It's not even a very good energy plan, Mr. President.

n/t

[Lancero]

2. If they want jobs...

Why not launch a effort to replace the current, and very old, pipelines we have?

Given the number of lines currently in the US and the old age of a lot of them, this would create more jobs then the Keystone line would.

While the majority of these jobs, like Keystone, would be temp jobs there would be more of them and we really do need to replace these antique pieces of infrastructure.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

[Cha]

4. Mahalo Pres Obama.. fighing recons who are doing everything

possible to decimate the Poor and Middle Class in America!

thanks Pro

[Enrique]

5. this makes me think me might not approve it

which would be a good thing imho.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Meanwhile, "the sky is falling" ODSers will tell us that

they know FOR SURE Obama will go along with this!!

Really, they're no better than the Teabaggers.

[adirondacker]

7. Kudos to President Obama. Credit where credit is due.

I hope he addresses Fracking in the same light.

[Buns_of_Fire]

8. Has the President reached his "Popeye" moment?

One can hope.

"That's all I can stands, I can't stands no more!"

[Hydra]

9. We can only hope this is the President withdrawing his support for the pipeline

If so, kudos!

[ProSense]

11. Yes, let's hope. n/t

[Rex]

10. This is the kind of callout I can totally support!

Get mad at them! Make it known that we are all fed up with their constant obstruction! Maybe it will dawn on some of their constitutes that the GOP is anti-human!

[flamingdem]

12. K+R