Obama's decision to reject the Keystone pipeline project is a tragedy both for job seekers and the country's energy security. Many job-loss figures are being claimed, but here's an estimate TransCanada made some time ago on their website when they thought -- like any sane person -- that the project was too vital for US security not to be approved.
They said: "TransCanada is poised to put 13,000 Americans to work to construct the pipeline - pipefitters, welders, mechanics, electricians, heavy equipment operators, among other jobs - in addition to 7,000 manufacturing jobs that would be created across the U.S. Additionally, local businesses on the pipeline route will benefit from the 118,000 spin-off jobs Keystone XL will create through increased business for local goods and service providers."
The only good thing to emerge from this ghastly mess is the powerful weapon it has given Republicans to ridicule the job-destroyer-in-chief if he dares claim ever again that he's a champion of the middle class.
They said: "TransCanada is poised to put 13,000 Americans to work to construct the pipeline - pipefitters, welders, mechanics, electricians, heavy equipment operators, among other jobs - in addition to 7,000 manufacturing jobs that would be created across the U.S. Additionally, local businesses on the pipeline route will benefit from the 118,000 spin-off jobs Keystone XL will create through increased business for local goods and service providers."
The only good thing to emerge from this ghastly mess is the powerful weapon it has given Republicans to ridicule the job-destroyer-in-chief if he dares claim ever again that he's a champion of the middle class.
