Biden's union allies wonder where
they fit in with green energy future
Posted By: NorthernDog, 4/2/2021 8:05:44 PM
President Joe Biden touted his $2 trillion infrastructure plan as a "once-in-a-generation" effort to tackle climate change while creating millions of "good paying jobs." Some unions warn that it may ultimately cost a lot of jobs, too. Labor groups, echoed by Republicans in Congress, are cautioning that Biden's plan to hitch the jobs recovery to massive green energy investment could backfire because of the quality of employment it will create and the economic devastation it could cause on rural communities. The president's push to decarbonize the economy will mean eliminating the kind of steady, fixed-location jobs that come with coal
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He recently was given an award from the Nation of Islam. (Award image)Noah Green committed this terrorist attack on Good Friday, one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar.(Snip)The DC police do not believe the incident was terrorist related.
That seemed like a pretty quick assessment?
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Last week, Little Petey (who always reminds me of a cross between Alfred “What, Me Worry?” Newman and Beaver Cleaver)
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Can you say 'not too bright'? Everything Biden is proposing will wipe out tens of thousands of blue collar jobs.