Saturday, September 01, 2012

Obama’s Failed Stimulus Funded ‘Green Jobs’ Initiative Ads on MSNBC

According to a Washington Times report by Jim McElhatton, the U.S. Department of Labor allegedly paid a public relations company at least half a million dollars of their allotted stimulus money to produce over 100 commercials that publicized a new “green jobs” initiative back in 2009. Coincidentally, the advertisements could only be seen on MSNBC during The Rachel Maddow Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, which  has since been canceled of course. A House panel led by Reps. John Kline (R-Minn.) and Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) is currently investigating the matter, asking the Department of Labor to turn over all records of the agreement it reached with McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations LLC. McElhatton pointed out that no new jobs were created as a result of the contract. In a letter to the Labor Department, Kline and Roe addressed the matter and demanded answers:
We understand this contract used taxpayer dollars to purchase advertisements on MSNBC during ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ and ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’. Despite the fact that these funds were made available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — legislation President Obama said was critical for immediate job creation — an examination of public records show that the contract that resulted in the advertisements on MSNBC created no jobs.


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