Saturday, January 12, 2008

Hillary says US should emulate the new Germany (not the old one)

While those two palefaced jihadis Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani continue to advocate torture, widespread detention without trial, international kidnapping, and other measures that would essentially transform neo-conservatism into neo-fascism, Hillary suggests that we look instead to the new Germany for inspiration:
"Take Germany," Clinton told supporters near Los Angeles on Friday. "They have put nearly 300,000 people to work in a much smaller economy installing solar panels."
She said the United States could create tens of thousands of "green-collar" jobs by doing the same thing, boosting the economy and protecting the environment at the same time.

"These renewable energy jobs are high-wage jobs that cannot be outsourced," she said to applause. "Other countries are ahead of us. But that doesn't mean anything because we can catch up in a hurry if we put our minds to it."

On Friday, Clinton proposed speeding up $5 billion in investments in energy efficiency and renewable technology as part of a plan to stimulate the U.S. economy and avoid a recession. Link.

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