Acid Trip
12-08-2011, 05:52 PM
Obama has officially lost it. I give him a hard time a lot but this is straight idiocy.
Not only would the Keystone pipeline produce permanent jobs (and a lot of temporary construction ones) but it would help secure future oil needs from our pals up North and not the Middle East.
Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone
byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer
President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension -- two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs than the Keystone XL pipeline that his administration recently delayed.
"I would not ask anyone to do something I'm not willing to do myself," Obama said when asked if he would go on vacation while keeping Congress in Washington D.C. "We are going to stay here as long as it takes [to get unemployment extended and pass the payroll tax cut]."
As Obama called for passage of those bills, he also responded to a recent Republican push to require him to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. "However many jobs might be generated by the Keystone pipeline," he said, "it's going to be a lot fewer than the jobs created by the payroll tax cut and extending unemployment insurance."
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-more-jobs-jobless-benefits-keystone/244871
Not only would the Keystone pipeline produce permanent jobs (and a lot of temporary construction ones) but it would help secure future oil needs from our pals up North and not the Middle East.
Obama: More jobs in jobless benefits than Keystone
byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer
President Obama said that he will delay his vacation and keep Congress in session until the passage of his desired payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits extension -- two proposals that Obama said would create more jobs than the Keystone XL pipeline that his administration recently delayed.
"I would not ask anyone to do something I'm not willing to do myself," Obama said when asked if he would go on vacation while keeping Congress in Washington D.C. "We are going to stay here as long as it takes [to get unemployment extended and pass the payroll tax cut]."
As Obama called for passage of those bills, he also responded to a recent Republican push to require him to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. "However many jobs might be generated by the Keystone pipeline," he said, "it's going to be a lot fewer than the jobs created by the payroll tax cut and extending unemployment insurance."
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-more-jobs-jobless-benefits-keystone/244871