Labor Dept. counts oil lobbyists, garbage men, bus drivers as ‘green jobs’

[Valin]

Daily Caller:

 

Nicholas Ballasy

6/7/12

 

Under questioning by House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, senior U.S. Labor Department officials revealed that the Obama administration counts oil lobbyists, bus drivers, garbage men, bicycle shop employees and used-record store clerks as “green jobs.”

 

The exchange occurred between Issa, Bureau of Labor Statistics Acting Commissioner Josh Galvin and Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Jane Oates at the “Addressing Concerns about the Integrity of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Jobs Reporting” hearing Wednesday in Washington:

 

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Think Progress: Darrell Issa is a bad terrible evil person, who doesn't care about the environment, and wants everyone to be unemployed.

 

 

 

[righteousmomma]

And a teenager working in a used record shop or a clothes consignment shop or at Goodwill or .......

 

Absurdity of the democratic socialist liberal thinking on full display

[Valin]

And a teenager working in a used record shop or a clothes consignment shop or at Goodwill or .......

 

Absurdity of the democratic socialist liberal thinking on full display

 

[Pepper]

That means dumpster divers are at the top of the green jobs hierarchy?

 

[SrWoodchuck]

Non-fossil fueled, carbon -based propelled people mover.................[4 green jobs]

 

 

Biodegradable ice cream truck driver [1 green job]

 

 

Mobile donut truck......saves time for law enforcement [1 green job]

 

 

Living giant shrub truck driver [1 green job]

 

 

 

Grass propelled taxi.....[1 green job]