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A top economic adviser to President Obama has told a
congressional panel the billions of dollars in the proposed economic
stimulus plan should be allocated with social issues in mind, to make
sure the money doesn't go to just "white male construction workers" or
the highly skilled.Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary
under President Clinton, was speaking to the House Steering and Policy
Committee Jan. 7 about funding infrastructure projects across the
nation."It seems to me that infrastructure
spending is a very important and good way of stimulating the economy.
The challenge will be to do it quickly, to find projects that can be
done that will have a high social return, that also can be done with
the greatest speed possible," Reich said.
"I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not
simply go to high skilled people who are already professionals or to
white male construction workers," he said.
Reich's statements were highlighted in a video by NakedEmporerNews, which is embedded here:
The hearing took place two weeks before Obama was inaugurated.
"I have nothing against white male construction workers," Reich
said. "I'm just saying there are a lot of other people who have needs
as well.
"There are ways in which the money can be, criteria can be set
so the money does go to others, the long term unemployed, minorities,
women," he said.
Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., appeared to agree, suggesting federal money be directed to specific groups of people.
The federal government, he said, must "remove the discretion"
about where the funds go, or what projects would be involved, even to
the point of eliminating any input from governors or state legislatures.Reich agreed: "Governors ought to be, should be given a choice of signing on the bottom line or not."
Then Rangel noted the "middle class" would be unlikely to create any opposition to funds directed to minorities.
"One thing that you can depend on, you don't have to be worried
about what the middle class is going to do. Things are so bad, they
have to put food on their tables, get clothes for their kids, get them in school," he said.
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Commentator Michelle Malkin said Reich's statements expose "the
lie that the Obama administration is actually interested in
revitalizing basic infrastructure for the good of the economy."
"No, what Team Obama really wants is to ensure that the least
skilled, least qualified workers get jobs based on their chromosomes
and pigment," she said.
Malkin cited Reich's own blog,
where the Obama adviser wrote of the economic stimulus plan: "I'd
suggest that all contracts entered into with stimulus funds require contractors
to provide at least 20 percent of jobs to the long-term unemployed and
to people with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty
level."
This, Malkin wrote, is "spoken like a true-blue wealth
redistributor. The 'needs' (read: demands) of politically protected
minorities trump the need for competently build roads and bridges."
....
 Reich's blog headline |
On his blog, Reich makes his case for, "The Stimulus: How to
Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled Professionals and White
Male Construction Workers."
"At least 2 percent of project funds should be allocated to such training.
In addition, advantage should be taken of buildings trades
apprenticeships -- which must be fully available to women and
minorities," he wrote.
Race already has become an issue several times in the Obama administration.
As WND reported, Democratic Party strategist Donna Brazile admitted she swiped Obama's complimentary blanket
from his inauguration ceremony and then joked it was not a criminal
offense because, "We have a black president ... this was free."
Outrage also erupted over the inauguration
benediction by Rev. Joseph Lowery, the 87-year-old civil rights pioneer, for
asking God to help mankind work for a day when "white would embrace what is
right."
Obama reacted to the benediction with a smile.
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