Put Americans back to work with a Green Jobs Bill

Unemployment in the United States is a heart-wrenching problem, with 14.8 million Americans seeking work.¹

Yet the same U.S. senators who gave trillions to bail out Wall Street are now offering a paltry $15 billion for a jobs bill that won't create many jobs.

What an insult.  In effect, senators are telling unemployed Americans that they matter little compared to Wall Street.

Tell your senators to stimulate the economy with a giant green jobs bill for American workers.

With unemployment so high, it's time for a Green New Deal to tackle economic and ecological problems at the same time.

We should put Americans back to work with living-wage green jobs: retrofitting homes for energy efficiency, building modern mass transit systems, installing renewable energy technology, and conserving our irreplaceable ecosystems.

Instead, the Senate's current bill fails to offer even a short-term solution to joblessness.

After bailing out Wall Street at a cost of trillions, all that the Senate Democratic majority will offer 14.8 million unemployed Americans is a jobs bill that union leaders have called “puny” and “like sticking a band-aid on an amputated arm”.²

Where's the helping hand for the millions of jobless Americans who are struggling because Wall Street's recklessness and greed caused an economic meltdown?

Tell your senators: put Americans back to work with a giant green jobs bill.

1. “Employment situation summary.” 2/5/10, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

2. Walter Alarkon, “Unions and liberal groups blast Reid's $15 billion jobs legislation as 'puny'.” 2/22/10, The Hill.