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Robert Reich, who served as labor secretary under President Clinton and now
is one of President Obama's economic advisors. offered advice to President
Obama on how NOT to spend the stimulus money.

Reich recently said that the stimulus money should not go to "skilled
professionals to do the jobs involving new technologies" because the money
"will just increase the wages of the professionals who already have the
right skills rather than generate many new jobs in these fields." Reich
also doesn't think that white male construction workers should get
contracts with stimulus money because they "already dominate the
construction trades."

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) expressed his sincere approval that Reich agreed
with him. Rangel followed up by saying that "you don't have to worry about
what the middle class is going to do" because they are so busy struggling
to survive they don't have time to think about politics. Rangel didn't
explain who "you" is but he was looking at Reich when he said it and had a
chummy smile as if he was talking to a co-conspirator.

Rangel also said that the stimulus spending should only go to "low income
neighborhoods" but didn't specify what he meant by that. He didn't give the
impression that poor white neighborhoods would be included but instead made
a not-so-subtle comment that Harlem and Newark shouldn't have to compete
for the money. Hmmmm, Harlem and Newark -- what mental image do you get
when you think of those two areas?

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) should probably include Reich
on their mailing list for their petition to use stimulus funds to provide
high speed internet service for every single American. Unless something has
changed dramatically with the technology, it takes "skilled professionals"
to install these networks -- the same professionals that in Reich's opinion
earn too much money.

   As a participant in the Communications Workers of America's Speed
   Matters campaign, I strongly support action by Congress and
   President Obama to include significant funding for improving
   broadband infrastructure and adoption in the economic stimulus
   package. 
   -- CWA union website for petition

Robert Reich's advocacy of race based class warfare wasn't just a few
ramblings on his blog -- he testified before Congress just two weeks before
Obama's inauguration and repeated the same things almost verbatim. Be sure
to see the Youtube and Hannity videos linked below. Elitist statements of
this type are not out of character for Reich and Rangel, but what is
somewhat surprising is that they said these things before Congress while
being videotaped on CSPAN, yet the mainstream media ignored it. Despite all
of this being on TV not one single reporter asked Obama if either of these
two boneheads represented the policies of the new administration. What
gives?


REFERENCES:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxuUj6vFa4
Youtube video of Reich testimony with Rangel

http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playlistId=949437d0db05ed5f5b9954d
c049d70b0c12f2749
Hannity's America 1/22, 2 Minutes into the report has a short Reich video
clip

http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/economicstimulus_broadband
Keep broadband investment in the economic stimulus package

http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/01/stimulus-how-to-create-jobs-without.
html
Reich's blog

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86827
Obama adviser: White males need not apply

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1411081/robert_reich_excludes_white
_male_construction.html
Robert Reich Excludes White Male Construction Workers from Obama Stimulus
Plan
Jim Crow Laws for Stimulus Help?

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/THaxebbmHz4/Obama+Meets+Economic+Advisors+Was
hington/BRD2xkF5Q-r/Robert+Reich
Picture: Obama Meets With His Economic Advisors In Washington

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/22/robert-reich-keep-stimulus-money-away-f
rom-skilled-workers-and-white-male-contractors/
Robert Reich: Keep stimulus money away from skilled workers and "white male
contractors...


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http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/01/stimulus-how-to-create-jobs-without.
html

Thursday, January 08, 2009
The Stimulus: How to Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled
Professionals and White Male Construction Workers

The stimulus plan will create jobs repairing and upgrading the nation's
roads, bridges, ports, levees, water and sewage system, public-transit
systems, electricity grid, and schools. And it will kick-start alternative,
non-fossil based sources of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, and so on);
new health-care information systems; and universal broadband Internet
access.

It's a two-fer: lots of new jobs, and investments in the nation's future
productivity.

But if there aren't enough skilled professionals to do the jobs involving
new technologies, the stimulus will just increase the wages of the
professionals who already have the right skills rather than generate many
new jobs in these fields. And if construction jobs go mainly to white males
who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the
most -- women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed -- will be
shut out.

What to do? There's no easy solution to either dilemma. But there's no
reason to think about "green jobs" as simply high-tech. Many low-income and
low-skilled workers -- women as well as men -- could be put directly to
work providing homes and businesses with more efficient and renewable
heating, lighting, cooling, and refrigeration systems; installing solar
panels and efficient photovoltaic systems; rehabilitating and renovating
old properties, and improving recycling systems. "Green Jobs Corps" teams
could be trained to evaluate and advise homeowners and businesses on these
and other means of conserving energy.

People can be trained relatively quickly for these sorts of jobs, as well
as many infrastructure j0bs generated by the stimulus -- installing new
pipes for water and sewage systems, repairing and upgrading equipment,
basic construction -- but contractors have to be nudged both to provide the
training and to do the hiring.

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 withincomes at or below 200 percent of the federal
poverty level. And at least 2 percent of project funds should be allocated
to such training. In addition, advantage should be taken of buildings
trades apprenticeships -- wich must be fully available to women and
minorities.

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86827

Thursday, January 22, 2009


WorldNetDaily
Obama adviser: White
males need not apply
Robert Reich tells House panel stimulus package
should emphasize 'social return' over worker skill

Posted: January 22, 2009
12:17 pm Eastern

Obama economic adviser Robert Reich

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.

(Story continues below)


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.

Who is Barack Obama REALLY? Get the book that says his "change" is designed
to uproot American culture and replace it with the failed, secular,
socialist policies of the past.

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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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1411081/robert_reich_excludes_white
_male_construction.html

Robert Reich Excludes White Male Construction Workers from Obama Stimulus
Plan
Jim Crow Laws for Stimulus Help?

By Sylvia Cochran
Families of white, male construction workers may want to pay attention:
Robert Reich has opined that the Obama stimulus funds allocated to
businesses in the construction industry should be withheld specifically
from white men. YouTube features a clip of this memorable little tidbit of
political lunacy at work.
On his blog, Robert Reich reasoned "if construction jobs go mainly to white
males who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need
jobs the most -- women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed
-- will be shut out."
While it is comforting that in the audio clip Mr. Reich is quick to
disclose that he has "nothing against while male construction workers," the
fact that he does not want stimulus generated jobs to go to "white male
construction workers" is gravely disconcerting. Even more alarming is the
fact that Barack Obama has remained mum about the opinions expressed by his
economic adviser.
Would there have been an outcry has Mr. Reich suggested keeping the
stimulus funds from being spent on "black male construction workers" or
"undocumented alien construction workers?" Maybe it would have made waves
had he opined on "Jewish construction workers" or "female construction
workers?" As it stands, it would appear that Robert Reich has declared open
season on white males.
Of course, it is also quite evident that Robert Reich has not walked by a
construction site in California. As the USA Today reported as far back as
2007, the influx of Hispanic workers in Los Angeles and surrounding areas
has led to a shift in construction job allocation, and now "67% of
construction workers are Hispanic."
This brings up a number of disturbing questions. First and foremost, should
affirmative action be instituted when saving American residents who are
suffering economically? Is a Hispanic family who loses a home more in need
than a Caucasian family in the same situation? Is an African American
construction worker without a job more in need of work than an unemployed
Caucasian construction worker with the same skills?
Moreover, if Robert Reich has a house built, does he care about the skin
color of the construction workers or does he worry more about their skill
level? That said, if he were to follow his own suggestion, his home should
be built by unskilled labor derived from a minority population. Is this the
"hope" and "change" we were promised?

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http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/22/robert-reich-keep-stimulus-money-away-f
rom-skilled-workers-and-white-male-contractors/

Robert Reich: Keep stimulus money away from skilled workers and "white male
contractors...
By Michelle Malkin    January 22, 2009 05:01 AM

I missed Clintonite moldy oldie-turned-Obama economic adviser Robert
Reich’s testimony a few weeks ago on how the government should spend
federal stimulus money. The Berkeley professor engaged in academic fantasy
land talk about getting all the cash out to workers as quickly as possible
-- a pipe dream debunked by the CBO report I mentioned in my column
yesterday.

Even more noteworthy, however, were the comments Reich made about which
workers deserve the stimulus bucks most. Reich’s proposal exposes 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.

Reich wrote on his blog:

The stimulus plan will create jobs repairing and upgrading the nation’s
roads, bridges, ports, levees, water and sewage system, public-transit
systems, electricity grid, and schools. And it will kick-start alternative,
non-fossil based sources of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, and so on);
new health-care information systems; and universal broadband Internet
access.

It’s a two-fer: lots of new jobs, and investments in the nation’s
future productivity.

But if there aren’t enough skilled professionals to do the jobs involving
new technologies, the stimulus will just increase the wages of the
professionals who already have the right skills rather than generate many
new jobs in these fields. And if construction jobs go mainly to white males
who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the
most -- women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed -- will be
shut out.

What to do? There’s no easy solution to either dilemma"

People can be trained relatively quickly for these sorts of jobs, as well
as many infrastructure j0bs generated by the stimulus -- installing new
pipes for water and sewage systems, repairing and upgrading equipment,
basic construction -- but contractors have to be nudged both to provide the
training and to do the hiring.

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. And at least 2 percent of project funds should be
allocated to such training. In addition, advantage should be taken of
buildings trades apprenticeships -- wich must be fully available to women
and minorities.

Reich made similar comments in his Jan. 7 congressional testimony on
economic recovery. Naked Emperor News uploaded the video:



Partial transcript:

REICH: "...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"I have nothing against white male
construction workers, I’m just saying there are other people who have
needs as well....

Yes, God forbid the jobs go to people with track records and experience.
God forbid we judge stimulus recipients on the content of their resumes as
opposed to the color of their skin.

There are other people who have needs as well.

Spoken like a true-blue wealth redistributor. The "needs... (read: demands)
of politically protected minorities trump the need for competently build
roads and bridges.

Rep. Charlie Rangel then chimes in to kvetch about how governors need to be
"forced... to comply with formulas that earmark the stimulus money based on
color-coded "needs....

I quote Rangel: "Remove the discretion! Identify the ‘need.’ Do
numbers....

Translation: Screw qualifications. Quota-monger America out of its
recession.

And here’s the kicker: Rangel tells Reich that he doesn’t have to worry
about middle-class opposition to their social engineering plans for the
stimulus. Why? Because they’re too busy working! It’s at the 2:33 mark
of the video:

RANGEL: And one thing you can depend on, you don’t have to be worried
about what the middle-class is gonna do. Things are so bad. They have to
put food on their tables. Clothes for their kids. Get them in school. I
think this is a tremendous opportunity for a stronger America.

Rangel wraps up by advocating that Reich "force... and "mandate... his
social engineering "criteria... for stimulus spending.

So much for "post-racialism.... So much for "setting aside childish
things.... The Age of Obama has resurrected the same old bean-counters.

Plus ça change"

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