Anybody catch the Colbert Show interview with the head of the environmental group opposing this? His main logic was that the pipeline doesn't create jobs because the jobs aren't permanent (as if any construction jobs are), and that somehow if he stops the US from building this pipe it will somehow lead to Canada not drilling that area for oil at all. Ever.
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Chibibar
while part of it is true (once the job is finish) there are maintenance crew for the pipe line and people actually working at the refinery converting all this oil. So there are jobs out there.
It seems that the U.S. (or environmentalist) are trying to have their cake (clean environment in the U.S. but don't care about middle east) and eat it too (oil)
I can better explain my problem with his jobs argument. Let's say there are no jobs right now. From here, we have two options:
1) I suggest a construction project that will keep people employed for 1-2 years. After that, there will be no jobs again.
2) I just block all projects and there are no jobs, temporary or otherwise.
Which of those two options gets people working? Besides, construction work can lead to other projects. And all of this is discounting the maintenance jobs that Chibi mentioned.
1) I suggest a construction project that will keep people employed for 1-2 years. After that, there will be no jobs again.
2) I just block all projects and there are no jobs, temporary or otherwise.
Which of those two options gets people working? Besides, construction work can lead to other projects. And all of this is discounting the maintenance jobs that Chibi mentioned.
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Chibibar
Personally at this point, I rather have temp job for 1-2 years than no jobs at all.
Exactly. And the most annoying part about the guy's argument is that he didn't even flesh it out, he just claimed that because the jobs are not completely permanent they should not be counted as jobs at all.
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Chibibar
Yea. Tell that to the construction workers who are looking for jobs. Even temp job will relieve the government unemployment line for at least a year or two. Granted this project won't cover the 10% unemployment but at least it will be a multi-state project since it will come from Canada all the way down to Texas. That is at least something.
That's pretty much what I was going to say. Construction (or renovation, etc) is by definition always a temporary job, but the idea is that it's a series of such, rather than just one that goes forever.
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