If you haven’t called your senator’s office yet about the Sanders amendment for Green jobs into the economic stimulus package, do it now! (see previous post)
Yesterday, Bill Clinton painted the picture that we’re working for. Sure, we can get even better at messaging, but he definitely go the gist of it. (as an Obama supporter, I’m not convinced that Hilary’s plan for green jobs is any better, but I’d love to hear other opinions on that)
“…The only way we can [save our planet and our grandchildren] is if we get back in the world’s fight against global warming and prove it is good economics that we will create more jobs to build a sustainable economy that saves the planet for our children and grandchildren. It is the only way it will work.”
“And guess what? The only places in the world today in rich countries where you have rising wages and declining inequality are places that have generated more jobs than rich countries because they made a commitment we didn’t. They got serious about a clean, efficient, green, independent energy future… If you want that in America, if you want the millions of jobs that will come from it, if you would like to see a new energy trust fund to finance solar energy and wind energy and biomass and responsible bio-fuels and electric hybrid plug-in vehicles that will soon get 100 miles a gallon, if you want every facility in this country to be made maximally energy efficient that will create millions and millions and millions of jobs, vote for her. She’ll give it to you. She’s got the right energy plan.”
