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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: chartseer who wrote (86279)6/20/2010 4:40:57 PM
From: FJB  Read Replies (1) of 224750
 
From your link:

But the new marketing strategy wasn't working. Few believe the green-jobs hype -- with good reason. In Spain, for example, green jobs have been an expensive bust, with each position created requiring, on average, $774,000 in government subsidies.


Emulate Spain’s Green Economy? No Thanks, Mr. President

May 21, 2010 2:45 PM By Chris Horner
Big news [PDF] from España:

“Spain admits that the green economy sold to Obama is a ruin.”

The story goes on to note that President Obama has cited Spain as an exemplar of an ecologically sound energy economy no fewer than eight times. As I have repeatedly noted in this space — with the able assistance of Spanish economist Gabriel Calzada – for every green job created by the Iberian nation’s massive investment in renewable energy, that transfer of wealth to uneconomic activities cost the economy 2.2 jobs in opportunity cost...

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