09-15-2008, 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by Brent
Schools organize as 501c3. As such they may accept grants. Many grants are from private corporations. The largest amounts currently come from private foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Green Jobs Act of 2007 amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. This is NOT private corporation money and it is NOT private charitable foundation money, it IS taxpayer's money.
quote:So, this is corporate welfare disguised as “Green” and “Sustainable”.
Many companies cannot afford to train their own employees.
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research is needed to determine what's needed by employers,people out of work and people that would like to transition to a new career -when/if they become available.
Research is needed to identify what the heck this “green” label they plopped on an already existing program means. So far everything you said is well within the scope of available training and even further within the scope of what a business should make available if it wants to remain a viable business.
What if the Hilton calls you up and say we are switching to these new “green” washers, but nobody who will be using them knows how to use them, and it will cost us $50,000 to have a factory rep come from the mainland to train our staff. Why don’t you get the feds to pay for you to offer a course and teach our folks?
And I’m even more dumbfounded by our politicians supporting this when they probably have no idea what the heck it means. Typical, throw the latest catch words on something and suddenly what people once hated is now accepted.