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Clinton's Answer to Joblessness in the Rust Belt: More Government! By Rizzuto Thu Feb 28, 2008 - This from the Chigago Sun Times: At a round-table discussion Clinton hosted in Zanesville, a couple from Dayton told how their home was foreclosed on Christmas Eve even though they never missed a mortgage payment. Former Sen. John Glenn told of Ohio's last General Motors automotive plant closing. "We used to have nine," the former astronaut said. Clinton told them she had answers. "I see a middle-class comeback, and I see it starting in places like Zanesville," Clinton said. Her prescription includes investment in new green technology, which she says will help bring 5 million new jobs. In Tuesday night's debate, NBC News personality Tim Russert tried to call Clinton on her claim of creating 5 million new jobs, noting that when she ran for the Senate eight years ago, she pledged to bring 200,000 new jobs to New York, but instead there was a net loss of 30,000. "I thought Al Gore was going to be president," Clinton told Russert. "I will have a lot more tools at my disposal [as president.]" So the woman who couldn't create a single job in upstate New York is somehow going to magically conjure 5 million so called "green collar" jobs. Does she care to explain any further what "green technology" is going to generate 5 million jobs or should we be happy with the platitudes? By the way, when she promissed to bring those jobs to upstate New York, I don't remember there being any disclaimer or caveat about an Al Gore presidency being necessary to make them happen. What a weak way to pass the buck Senator Clinton.
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