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Ed Perlmutter: “Your question answers itself. Of course not. When somebody comes in to change the windows in my house, they're doing it…”

On the recordJune 11, 2008
Your question answers itself. Of course not. When somebody comes in to change the windows in my house, they're doing it at my house in Golden, Colorado. These are good construction jobs. They're design jobs. There are some manufacturing jobs attached to it. The new direction for energy also is a place where there are thousands of jobs which will help us stem this unemployment, but for those people who can't find those jobs right now, we need to have a safety net for them.
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Ed Perlmutter
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Discussing job creation and the need for a safety net during a speech on economic issues.

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