Rick Perry To Propose Energy Plan to Create 1.2 Million Jobs

[louis-t]

Source: ABC News

In his first major policy address since entering the presidential race, Texas Governor Rick Perry will lay out a sweeping energy plan Friday, which will expand oil and gas exploration while spurring an economic boom he estimates will create 1.2 million American jobs.

In a phone interview with USA Today, Perry explained the energy initiatives are capable of creating new, high paying jobs while also aiming to “reduce our dependence on energy from nations that are all too often hostile to the United States.”



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/rick-perry-propose-energy-plan-create-1-2-075725090.html

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The entire premise and most of the verbage of his 'plan' comes right from an oil and gas industry tv commercial.

What an ass.

[JHB]

1. "he estimates"

"spurring an economic boom"

I recall hearing those phrases about the Bush Tax Givaways. Economic boom? Not the good kind.

[louis-t]

16. Fall down, go "boom".

[SoapBox]

2. "Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! Presto!!"

...wrong hat.

Just like "Herb's" Nein, Nein, Nein (to burn the 99%) plan...I'm sure that Ricky's will be equally a BUST.

[Brother Buzz]

15. But that trick never works

This time for sure

[RoccoR5955]

19. Again? That trick NEVER works! n/t

[Blaze Diem]

3. did you see his lips move? What Perry is REALLY saying is

D E R E G U L A T I O N
Puppet Perry & his $17,000,000 base.

[russspeakeasy]

4. and this just in, I am proposing a plan that will create 4 billion jobs

if the government will just send me $12 billion, I will publish my plan.
or, for $1 million, I will create 1 job...and
I'll be back on your side Mr. O.

[glinda]

5. The question that needs to be asked at Conservative televised debates is:

"Name other job creating programs that do not involve Coal, Gas, Mining, Logging,or Fracking."

Am sure they have absolutely no answer for that one. BUt that is the question that needs to be asked publicly so that the American public can see they have no plans other than shilling for their Donors.

[chelsea0011]

6. All old republicant ideas...nothing new here....media shouldn't even talk about this.

[Amonester]

7. Cleaning the Gulf...

Without pay.

[Harmony Blue]

8. Americans must be educated

Oil rigs in the gulf take 15-20 years to be fully operational, and then the oil that is pumped out is sent to the global market. In other words, you wouldn't start to see the investment for your local community 30 years down the road. Last time I looked the economy can't wait to be jump started in 30 years. Of course those gains can be wiped out by one accident too.

[SoapBox]

9. Some more about Perry the Executioner and his plan...

...at Think Progress.

"Top 10 Giveaways To Big Oil In Rick Perry’s ‘Jobs’ Plans"
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/10/14/344339/top-10-giveaways-to-big-oil-in-rick-perrys-jobs-plans/

[Arctic Dave]

10. OMG, it's up to 1.2 million jobs now! LOL

So they are going to create 1.2 million more O&G jobs by pumping a few million extra barrels then it takes people to pump all the O&G now?
What are they going to do, give 600,000 people a shovel and 600,000 people a bucket?

[louis-t]

17. Note that the 1.2 million figure comes directly from

a recent oil and gas industry commercial. The guy didn't even bother to pick up a calculator.

[Scalded Nun]

18. It was the same Intern

that did up Scott Brown's values statements on his web-site. Damn college intern plagiarizers. Can't trust them to do anything 'right'.

[4dsc]

11. So the oil and gas industry OWN Perry

Why don't I find that surprising.

[bobalew]

12. Besides the fact that this is already happening in ND for 7 yrs

Of course while Caribou Barbie was chanting "Drill Baby Drill" They already were, Just not in the federally Owned, NO COST Lease areas of Alaska, But in North Dakota & Montana's Bakken Region. Now all of a sudden These RW idiots have "Discovered " This info as if it wasn't already Known for several years. What a bunch of Uninformed Idiot Opportunists....Co-Opting what is already happening & trying to take credit for it...

[progsrock]

13. Such a one note

We need more than an emphasis on domestic energy production to create the jobs we need. Ridiculous!

[urbuddha]

14. This would certainly help Texas and its oil industries.

Texas gas prices would stay low, but the rest of us would suffer at their expense.

[cstanleytech]

20. So, Perry is advocating government welfare for big oil? I'm not surprised.

[Tiggeroshii]

21. I love how they just throw these numbers out without any objective expert analysis.

Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan will give us FIVE MILLION JOBS! According to Herman Cain. Thing is, the only plan that actually has agreement on the numbers in job creation is Obama's.

[Vidar]

22. Human-sized hamster wheels?

[and-justice-for-all]

23. Dollar-Store-Bush is full of shit...nt

[clinton4life2011]

24. Perry is wrong...

Look, the guy doesn't understand what a deep hole we're in. It's going to take more than oil to get us out of this!