Five Facts And One Big Lie: A Closer Look At The Oil Lobby's Keystone XL Jobs Claims

[Bill USA]

http://politicalcorrection.org/factcheck/201201120011

BIG LIE: KXL Will Create 20,000-465,000 Jobs

FACT 1: Experts Say Those Numbers Are "Meaningless" And "Dead Wrong"

FACT 2: Independent Assessment Found That KXL Jobs Would Create As Few As 50 Permanent Jobs

FACT 3: TransCanada's Estimates Include Jobs In Other Countries

FACT 4: Even TransCanada Acknowledges That Each Construction Job Will Only Last "One Year."

FACT 5: TransCanada Admitted They Already Purchased Much Of The Equipment

<for elaboration of these points see article at link>