Boehner On Killing Jobs: So Be It
At a press conference yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters that if some federal jobs were lost as a result of his proposed spending cuts, “so be it.”
How many jobs are we talking about? According to federal budget expert Scott Lilly at the Center for American Progress, Boehner’s proposed spending cuts could kill almost 1 million jobs.
except of course…
Boehner’s spending plan includes some $450 million for the development of a second engine for the F-35 Joint Striker — which is done in a GE plant in Boehner’s district that employs 7,000 people. Lilly wrote Sunday that, despite Boehner’s promises to end earmarks, the job-saving money for the engine’s development looks a lot like an earmark.
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