{"id":14547,"date":"2012-06-08T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T18:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=14547"},"modified":"2012-06-08T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T19:14:22","slug":"bls-%e2%80%9cgreen-jobs%e2%80%9d-include-oil-lobbyist-bus-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/14547\/bls-%e2%80%9cgreen-jobs%e2%80%9d-include-oil-lobbyist-bus-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"BLS: \u201cGreen Jobs\u201d Include Oil Lobbyists, Bus Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to The Daily Caller\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2012\/06\/08\/labor-dept-counts-oil-lobbyists-garbage-men-bus-drivers-as-green-jobs-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas Ballasy<\/a> for posting an extended exchange between House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and two officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on what occupations count as \u201cgreen jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>REP. DARRELL ISSA: Well, let me \u2014 let me run you through some questions here because you\u2019re here because we\u2019re having a green jobs counting discussion.<br \/>\nDoes someone who assembles turbines \u2014 is that a green job?<\/p>\n<p>MS. JANE OATES: Wind turbines?<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Yeah. Wind turbines.<\/p>\n<p>MS. OATES: I think we would call any kind of sustainable manufacturing \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: OK.<\/p>\n<p>MS. OATES: \u2014 fitting the definition that was \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Does someone who sweeps \u2014 does someone who sweeps the floor in a facility that makes solar panels, is that a green job?<\/p>\n<p>MS. OATES: Solar? I\u2019ll give that to \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: To Galvin?<\/p>\n<p>MS. OATES: \u2014 if you don\u2019t mind.<\/p>\n<p>MR. JOHN GALVIN: We define \u2014 we have a two-part definition \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: We already had the briefing on that. So just answer the question. If you\u2019re sweeping the floor in a solar panel production facility, is that a green job?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: If you ask me for the number of health care jobs in the United States, I\u2019ll give you the employment from the health care industry.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Look, Mr. Galvin \u2013<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: \u2014 nurses and doctors \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: You did not want to come here as a witness. You are not a delighted witness. So let\u2019s go through this. I asked you a question. You know the answer. Would you please answer it.<br \/>\nIf you sweep the floor in a solar panel facility, is that a green job?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Thank you. If you drive a hybrid bus \u2014 public transportation \u2014 is that a green job?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: According to our definition, yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Thank you. What if you\u2019re a college professor teaching classes about environmental studies?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: What about just any school bus driver?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: What about the guy who puts gas in the school bus?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: How about employees at a bicycle shop?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: I guess I\u2019m not sure about that.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: The answer is yes, according to your definition. And you\u2019ve got a lot of them.<br \/>\nWhat about a clerk at the bicycle repair shop?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: What about someone who works in an antique dealer?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: I\u2019m not sure about that either.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: The answer is yes. Those are \u2014 those are recycled goods. They\u2019re antiques; they\u2019re used.<br \/>\nWhat about someone who works at the Salvation Army in their clothing recycling and furniture?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Right. Because they\u2019re selling recycled goods.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: OK. What about somebody who opened a store to sell rare manuscripts?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: What industry is that?<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: People sell rare books and manuscripts \u2014 but they\u2019re rare because they\u2019re old so they\u2019re used.<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: OK.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: What about workers at a consignment shop?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: That\u2019s a green job.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: Does the teenage kid who works full time at a used record shop count?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: How about somebody who manufacturers railroads rolling stock \u2014 basically, train cars?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: I don\u2019t think we classified the manufacture of rail cars as \u2013<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: 48.8 percent of jobs in manufacturing, rail cars counted, according to your statistics. About half of the jobs that are being used to build trains.<br \/>\nOK. How about \u2014 just one more here. What about people who work in a trash disposal yard? Do garbage men have green jobs?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p>\n<p>REP. ISSA: OK. I apologize. The real last last is, how about an oil lobbyist? Wouldn\u2019t an oil lobbyist count as having a green job if they are engaged in advocacy related to environmental issues?<\/p>\n<p>MR. GALVIN: Yes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to The Daily Caller\u2019s Nicholas Ballasy for posting an extended exchange between House oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and two officials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on what occupations count as \u201cgreen jobs.\u201d REP. 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