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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

“Stimulus” Money Earmarked for “Green Jobs”


“Some $4 billion from President Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus plan that was budgeted to renovate public housing will be spent to create so-called “green jobs” by making the dwellings more energy efficient.” (USA Today, Tuesday)

How would that money have been used in private investment?

FEE Timely Classic
“Why Government Can’t Create Jobs” by Mark Ahlseen


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.