I don't usually post in this forum, I had to post this link. It is very disturbing.
http://worldnetdaily.com:80/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86827
...and there is clearly no slant to that article at all.
So do you think all the money
should "go to just white male construction workers?" I believe the point is to encourage companies to
hire and train to meet the new demand, and to not limit the opportunities to (artificially or intentionally) to certain groups of people.
They're suggesting (simplified), "If you want the work, you'll need to show me you've created jobs, show me that new jobs represent a reasonable sampling of our unemployed population, and show me that the workers can do the work (even if 1 in 5 are in OJT)." It's like me saying to my roofing contractor, "If you want the work, show me you have insurance, show me that the people you send are legally employed, show me that you don't club baby seals, etc."
That comment about "the least skilled, least qualified workers [getting] jobs based on their chromosomes and pigment" is just laughable and it's clearly blowing this way out of proportion.
Sure it might not be the brightest idea out there, and he certainly could have put it a better way, but no government is going to hire an army of derelicts to build its bridges and get away with it. We may not agree with all our leaders -- or their advisers -- but they're generally not stupid. And most of them have egos the size of Canada -- they're too worried about their legacy to intentionally run the country into the ground.
In any case, they better be sure they're hiring people who are here
legally and who are paying taxes like everyone else...
...now back to figuring out what to do about my "check engine" light.