AAA LTE - Just What Is A “Green Collar Job”?
Posted by Andy on April 27th, 2008
I had another letter to the editor published in the Strib. It is the first one in the online version.
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Jobs going to green
Just what is a “green collar job”?
I hear the term being thrown around a lot lately by DFL (and squishy Republican) policy- and lawmakers. The Minnesota House last week passed a preliminary cap-and-trade system bill. Freshman Rep. Kate Knuth, DFL-New Brighton, who never met a tree she didn’t hug, said she wants to change current Minnesota jobs into “green jobs.” Gov. Tim Pawlenty is working on a cap-and-trade regional system.
So I ask, what is a green job, and how do I tell if I have one?
I think all Minnesotans have the right to know if new legislation will target our jobs for elimination. Or are we not ready to talk about the dirty dark side of the “green movement” at a time of such economic uncertainty?
ANDY APLIKOWSKI, BLAINE
April 27th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
One green job is lobbying for more socialism like the folks at Fresh Energy do. You know, the organization whose lobbyist at the Capitol is Dan Knuth. You know, Kate’s dad.