Just what the US needs: Obama spending US tax dollars to create jobs abroad
With the American economy deep in recession, President Hussein Obama has embarked on a jobs creation program... for 'Palestinians' (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other Side).The Obama Administration today revealed it is embarking upon a $300 million Palestinian construction project; U.S. companies, however, need not apply.I'm sure there are lots of 'Palestinian' NGO's who are qualified to carry out those projects. I just can't think of any right now. And neither can they.
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The Local Construction Program, or LCP, as it is known, will seek out non-governmental entities to carry out a variety of initiatives involving "local construction or rehabilitation of roads, buildings, water, wastewater, public buildings including health facilities, schools, and other infrastructure."
USAID said it expects to release a formal Request for Proposals around September 3, and will not accept bids until that time. The agency revealed few other details.
As U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor reported earlier this year, USAID began awarding contracts in a separate Palestinian project worth upwards of three-quarters of a billion dollars (see: USAID Contracts Start Flowing in $750 Million Palestinian Infrastructure Project; Monitor, Jan. 14, 2012).
Helping to create a modern Palestinian state is a top priority for the Obama White House, which explicitly has made clear its intentions to accomplish that task -- even if it means taking away business from Israel.
Indeed, as the Monitor has been reporting since last year, the Obama Administration went so far as to launch a project whose aim is to draw tourists away from Israel and re-direct them to Palestinian lands (see: $58 Million USAID Contract to Help Steer Tourists Out of Israel and into West Bank, Gaza; Monitor, Jan. 7).
As to all you out-of-work Americans, you don't want those jobs anyway. Not unless they're going to hire Israeli security to ensure your safety.
But maybe 'Mr. Ryan' will be Vice President soon....
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Obama's obsession with Palestinians, US economy
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:28 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks "Carl in Jerusalem" for linking to this important article. Fortunately, most people are up in arms about it -- though amazingly some folks have accused me of making a big deal about nothing for writing about it! Though I stuck to the facts in the article, I must admit that up until recently I have been one of the chronically under-employed Americans to whom you refer in your post. -- Steve Peacock, U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor
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