Comments on: President Obama Cooks Up the Ultimate Green Job for GE’s Jeffrey Immelt

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:25:00 +0000

You might want to educate yourself regarding the additional boarder agents that President Obama has assigned during the last three years. You might also want to check the number of illegal aliens which have been deported.
As for “our jobs”, have you checked out how things are working out in Georgia where they implemented very strict anti-illegal immigrant laws? Are you up to speed how farmers have watched their crops rot because Americans are not willing to work that sector of “our jobs”?

We need better immigrant worker laws. We need a way for people to come to the country and do the work that Americans don’t want to do at the prices we can afford to pay. (Make wages for farm workers “$20/hour with benefits” and our farms will go broke. We’ll simply import our food from countries with lower labor costs.)

Problem is, we can’t get decent immigrant labor laws with this set of Republican knuckle-heads sitting in Congress. They have staked out such an extreme position that they are not capable of rational discussion and problem solving. These people are the tantruming two-year-old laying in the grocery store floor and holding their breath until they turn blue.
Vote them out.

By: Jason Shepard

Jason Shepard — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:10:00 +0000

I’ve been fighting against Obama for a while now due to his refusal to secure the border, enforce the federal laws, and support the states in their fight to retain sovereignty. The problem is that the Republican candidates are against everything else I believe in, such as these Green Jobs programs that Obama has put forward. As a student of Sustainable Enterprise Management and Environmental Studies, I feel pressured to support Obama and his obviously good environmental policies and the progress we’ve made on behalf of LGBT persons. But, I still find myself torn at his obvious distaste for Americans by refusing to assure our safety by securing our borders and ensure our jobs by taking them away from illegal immigrants. I’m at a loss as to what I’m going to do in 2012 and I may still be in this predicament come that time. In the meantime, however, I am going to support wholeheartedly the policies that produce a sounder environment and equal rights no matter who it is that enacts those policies. Thank you, Tina, for a well-written article.

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By: Connor Dolan

Connor Dolan — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:42:54 +0000

Great article Tina! Hopefully Congress will be able to bypass the Republican obstructionism and pass some real green jobs legislation in the 112th session of Congress. Keep up the great writing and coverage.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:26:25 +0000

Great-looking move & great piece. While there are always hesitations with such a big move, this looks like an interesting and perhaps critical part of a larger clean energy and green jobs strategy. Thanks for the excellent coverage, Tina.

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:23:48 +0000

Thank you, John. Industry subsidies are a fact of life. As a taxpayer I’d rather see my subsidies go to safer forms of sustainable energy that help improve communities(or at least, doesn’t wreck them) rather than to mountaintop mining and other destructive, high-risk (Gulf oil spill, etc.) fuel harvesting industries.

By: John Evans

John Evans — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 16:13:47 +0000

This is nothing but crony capitalism. Check out Spain and the cost of green jobs. There the initiative cost how many jobs for every green job created? Is 8 the official number? Immelt is a master at using the government to create business for GE. (I own the stock) Great for stockholders bad for the taxpayers. Ethanol any one? Is this more of the same?

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