From Investors Business Daily:
In 2009, Obama dedicated $7.2 billion of stimulus funds to build "clean tech" jobs. He vowed to create 5 million jobs over the next decade.
So far, that effort has "created or retained" just 7,140 jobs, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That's about $1 million per job. The number is actually down from last year, when the EPA claimed 16,605 green jobs....
Among the sticking points? Pro-union Davis-Bacon rules and "Buy American" provisions built into various stimulus regs.
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