You're watching...
Obama administration acknowledges loose criteria that includes bus drivers and bicycle-shop clerks
Also in this playlist...
Auto-advance: ON
Auto-advance
This transcript is automatically generated
The green job.
What defines a green job you know there's actually -- definition from the Labor Department.
But the White House right now is facing new scrutiny about that an administration official admitting under tough questioning.
A bus driver someone who sweeps the floors even if he worked in a bike shop those all qualify as green workers.
I ask you a question you know the answer which of -- answer it.
If you sweep the floor in a solar panel facility are is that a green job yes thank you.
If you drive a hybrid bus.
Public transportation is that a green jobs according to our definition yes thank you -- how about employees -- a bicycle shop.
Guess I'm not sure about that the answers -- according to definition and you've got to.
A lot of them.
Well why isn't an issue question.
Definition of a green job is.
We're gonna tell you now with Monica Crowley -- radio talk show host and Christopher Hahn former aide to senator Chuck Schumer both Fox News contributors good morning to both of you my morning.
Monica it's important -- cost the administration is claiming that they've created.
So many green jobs in the millions.
And the question is if these.
Are included what does that do -- the definition and let me throw one more out there if you're a lobbyist aren't environmental or resource.
For causes.
Yeah have a green job you -- you know what -- I have some purified water this morning with my breakfast I think that I think as holding a green job.
Look when the original nearly trillion dollar stimulus out -- past.
They may got this formulation about jobs created or saved an over the course of the following two years.
Dot formulation was proved to be so bogus that the White House and the administration had to dispense with -- totally.
They're trying to do the same thing here they're trying to qualify -- ridiculous sounding jobs as green jobs why.
To deflect the public's attention away from the fact that number one.
The entire stimulus has been an enormous failure stimulated nothing but government.
And number two to deflect attention away from the fact.
That -- green energy companies like excellent dress and so many others that have gone bankrupt and cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions not billions of dollars.
Which has outraged the pub right -- that's what they're tied them back Christopher.
And there's nothing wrong would be administration saying that they're creating green jobs I but if the guy -- pumps the gaps.
Into a school bus has a green job.
Don't you think the definition is a bit Bryant.
But the hybrid school bus Jamie and you are wearing a green shirt so you kind of have a green job today some pretty excited about that and I've always said -- lies damn lies and there -- statistics and you can make statistics say whatever you want them to say if the right wants to say that there are fewer green jobs there will include less people in that number if the left want to say there's been a lot of green jobs were included many people as we can and that number why.
Now though why is the left bragging about this particular statistic now are they planning another stimulus because tax -- will want to know.
Well we better be planning another stimulus and I think this next stimulus should be more about infrastructure jobs creating more mass transit and creating better bridges and roads and tunnels and airports in this country.
But that said the green jobs are the gold in the future and these are jobs that we should be focusing on -- creating.
Everyone believed that at one point including -- I accept who pushed for green jobs money in his own districts back in the day.
And they're probably of -- some money into his own Solyndra -- darker when he was governor masters and you're.
You're calling for more stimulus the first nearly trillion dollar stimulus was supposed to go for infrastructure and guess how much that's what percentage of the nearly trillion dollars went -- it says it would fit into experts that -- talking Monica percent Monica talking about the shovel ready job I I am talking about something like that would your saying that first -- he's another shovel ready jobs -- -- there's no such thing as shovel ready jobs we -- the president.
Listen to say we have that I created that I mean I mean let me separate and New York we're trying to filled it's called the Tappan Zee Bridge we should be put money to projects like that I should put it brought it might have bridges like that all over the country we have we -- -- -- out.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Is by getting government out of the way it lowering tax burdens across the board and deregulating the tax rate has never been lower our allow me -- -- before we go ramming my curiosity.
Chris did you bring up Solyndra as an example of a good green jobs initiative I've said that.
All have pushed for green jobs on both the left and the right Romney did it Darrell ice that did it in his own district in the state of California.
So people want these jobs in their district and and they -- to point to failures when they happen and -- it.
Not everything is gonna succeed this is a new industry but we should be working to make it better and you write what you know every other industry that -- succeeded in this cup captain has got our energy is such a browsing thing for this economy and so great for America -- they should be able to compete in the marketplace without government subsidies oil -- -- oil doesn't.
And we should like really has advantages we should level the playing field thanks guys great -- -- both sides thanks so much you bet they don't.
