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Cut Oil Subsidies, Not Jobs

Published in Jobs & Wealth
Thursday, January 10 2013

Last week, I said that if Congress has to make cuts, we should embrace the idea of ridding ourselves of wasteful giveaways to the fossil fuel industry. Here's an idea. Let’s cut the Master Limited Partnership loophole and fossil fuel subsidies.

Michael Blake of the White House Office of Public Engagement discusses the White House and President Obama's outreach efforts to African Americans at the 2011 Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference.

Phaedra Ellis-Lampkins, CEO of Green For All, on the importance of building a green economy that will produce both jobs and a clean environment.

Fred P. Hochberg, Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, speaks about the importance of "Made in USA" goods and the positive effect that increasing exports will have on the U.S. job market.