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White House Losing Energy on Green Jobs?

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    Is administration's environmental initiative falling short?

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So you know the Obama administration is in trouble when the New York Times gives you grief for instance remember Obama is Green initiative pushed.

Well when it comes to fighting Green jobs have more luck locating a healthy tooth and Charlie sheen's mouth.

The times says quote the great economy is not proving to be the job creation engine that many politicians envisioned.

President Obama -- pledged to create five million Green jobs over ten years governor Jerry Brown promised 500000 clean technology jobs statewide.

By the end of the decade.

Yet where are these jobs while you have better luck finding a date for Jeanine Graf -- You'd have better luck finding an unbeaten French fry an Al -- plate.

You have better luck finding original skin on Kathy -- spacecraft.

You'd have better luck finding a private sector job and Barack Obama's -- -- -- some that was for you where you can -- Sunday Times includes jobs that are Green are just a pipe dream.

So do you Kimberly first wearing blue is -- Green jobs the biggest hoax since the moon landing.

But it's nice and if you want the actual facts and statistics yeah on this -- -- I lab now I'm the Brookings Institution and clean technology got to -- just 2% of employment nationwide and only 2.2 percent in Silicon Valley.

This had been telling people -- -- -- -- we're gonna improve the economy.

-- sponsor clean energy Green jobs it's going to be the answer to everything in future every yeah -- is.

It isn't and it's not gonna be enough and it's not gonna be enough definitely to get us in the right direction for jobs so I think right now a lot of that -- -- It's Green that -- in -- this fact California spent sixty million dollars odd Green jobs.

And they created 719.

Which is 82100.

Dollars subsidy subsidized jobs -- job that's pretty incredible that's not so -- pretty good yeah I.

-- the rest of the programs that Iraq here's what's going to.

The Green energy -- it's it's the way of the future but the private sector has to come up with it -- -- big government.

Subsidizing people throwing 500 million dollars here a billion dollars there.

And trying to create an economy that is and the technology that that's not right India China is doing it because they're doing it from the private sector in conjunction with the public sentiment -- -- an issue.

We're spending we're throwing money at projects.

That aren't ready to do a darn thing what are we up -- put dubbed solar panels on our cars remember that remember that -- but it -- and I don't I don't know it's fun to do it I got -- my bike.

I added for my house in his hand and that the UC Davis and I was in college at solar panels on the real yeah -- and they'll like Clark sat at that let you probably had a -- I particularly don't like that he's caught that you caused a lot of cold showers and usually.

Believe -- that's something Bob before you fall asleep.

What you -- -- -- now it.

Why would sort of -- That's actually got -- -- Obama -- -- industrial energy czar story.

I don't like it but I think -- and just got a better wrap.

From -- even Bill Gates says that that alternative energy OK let me just -- to say this about agree and you one of the regions as individuals were way behind the curve.

The Indians and the Chinese -- gotten way in front of us have a Green energy will be Green jobs will be the future and the United States typically because of Republicans and conservatives and right wingers hold up the money we need.

And the progress to go forward and they wanna burn their fossil fuel thirteen miles an hour.

Jet car much money Obama appropriated 2.3 billion dollars already -- Hasn't entered in the way -- liberal talk that's nothing and -- here okay okay in Spain.

Green jobs destroyed 2.2 jobs for every one Green job in Italy the capital needed for one Green job -- created five Green where do you guys get these statistics from the get -- from Karl Rove did not come back and get out of -- -- actually give an idea.

These are a Germany the cost of household energy is up seven point I have is not what one of the most boys apple.

Right here in America as we gave GM fifty billion dollars would -- to them and brought him out of bankruptcy.

And they they built the Bolten we've talked about it several times and trouble 125 bought it 125.

Units would your answer to this what you did just let the private sector do it let him know what is John -- The GMs about god and identity I had taken got a government debt which is -- -- -- we had people in my -- the Chinese let the private industry take care of it sure what private you know what John here I'll tell you what it is yours.

Here's the exits and -- -- contracts in US ex im bank loaning money to private industries in China and India are money.

To develop Green projects in China and India via and you know who -- part of this job and due to a US based company -- in China you know why.

Because China is the only with a heart -- -- they hired there bringing over American -- yet I wanna I wanna -- It America crack -- that.

Well I'm really happy I'm so we'll talk about cars Leo DiCaprio actually got a beautiful new car it's -- dot the most expensive environmentally friendly car.

We have a picture of a we have a picture of one of them recent models.

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Capacity that is I wanna sit our audience I don't find that fine nominee like they're being Maria coming -- beings -- take the turn that when.

-- how many does not just six opponents seek seek -- corridor employees have let Bob talk sixteen party is finally I -- that's exactly -- are -- what's called a I think it was thought this their karma but I wanna talk about there's one bright spot on the job front.

The growth in regulatory agencies combined agency budgets have grown 16% in 2008 to -- for 54 billion dollars while the economy grew only 45%.

With 281000.

New jobs.

-- -- The regulators are doing great quality of wealthy and for good reason because of free market ran -- conclusion the Great Depression I why.

It is now when you -- you want to -- those Wall Street bums you want to defend those people that footage of the Great Depression the people that backed up but that's that's disgusting S&P.

-- and all are -- think captain of their anti you know there probably much higher object I brush if they should be.

Even if not even -- progressives might -- -- -- the Progressive Policy Institute Bob when He you're good buddies came out this week.

Has a piece on cnn.com he's telling Obama cut the regulations if you really -- -- further growth who you know let's let's have remarkable run -- happening.

What it's like -- -- companies are hiring anybody child regularly kids are preventing them excited too much.

A higher set a child labor no weekends off like that idea -- -- president Obama's poignant figure Wall Street look they did a lot of things wrong but who who benefited.

The Wall Street benefit more under George Bush or to Barack Obama what do you think.

I'll -- OJ Barack Obama and Clark just nobody did or not I'm sure he's what does that have bakers who made.

In the first in the last quarter of this year first quarter this year is more than they ever made here's -- here's -- in fact Andrea at small companies will spend 36% more per employee.

To comply with these government rules and that's why we're having a plan.

Absolutely as well.

And that's why no one's hiring -- it's because they're petrified the market I buy it once leadership and it doesn't believe that they're not gonna be a slew of more regulation in the first 26 months there were 75 new regulatory laws.

The cost as you pointed out but 26000 dollars that I mean it's outrageous -- small business owner you wouldn't hire our initiative is -- business and.

You were there before and Barack Obama on their band -- -- -- 75 major new rules since Obama took over.

-- July there were what how many regulations are about a hundred and something 200 something.

New regulations what you have no regulations have been and I wouldn't mind a freer country yet and I'd like that.

I'd like to -- superior intellect I don't know if only we could be a lot we can make big deal out of it deal He -- just eliminate 22 new regulations to new rules.

-- -- financial -- and obamacare.

Get rid of dollars will be okay yeah yeah.

The last thing I'd do is you get rid of financial ground regulations -- put him in jail before it to either but if if if regulators as well -- there will be one player in thirty rats.

And no would would come yeah well the problem is well that's been at war.

All of that game and you just increasing jobs in the federal level -- -- regulations and then it's something the proves to -- conclusion from businesses that are trying to hire trying to make decisions and more regulations are a night killing them doesn't mean -- it I got a bunch of these people biggest unemployment that most of the jobs lost were lost in government I coming up -- drop below says she has her McCain's campaign all figured out this man.

Can't tell mom.

-- there -- and do their dirty work way to DC what He asked Rick Perry you're 2012 round up next on the five.

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