Obama Cracks Jobs Joke: ‘Shovel-Ready Was Not as Shovel-Ready as We Expected’
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Shovel-ready jobs were supposedto be a staple of Obama’s Recovery Act. It was a big justification for spending the money involved in the legislation. But soon after using the phraseto sell his recovery plan, word started leaking out there there was no such thing as a shovel-ready job. Obama himself admitted that.
So maybeit’s not surprising thattoday, Obama once again backpedaled on the shovel-ready mantra. Fox Nation reports:
President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness mettoday in Durham, NC at Cree Inc., a company that manufactures energy-efficient LED lighting. One of the Council’s recommendationsto President Obama was to streamline the federal permit process for construction and infrastructure projects. It was explained to Obama that the permitting process can delay projects for “months to years … and in many cases even cause projectsto be abandoned … I’m sure that when you implemented the Recovery Act your staff briefed you on many of these challenges.” At this point, Obama smiled and interjected, “Shovel-ready was not as … uh .. shovel-ready as we expected.” The Council, led by GE’s Jeffrey Immelt, erupted in laughter.
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Naturally it would be funny to Immelt and his boss. To the rest of the out of work people he lied to...not so much.
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