One reason why liberals shouldn't be in charge of anything.

The man to your left is Robert Reich, an advisor to President Obama. In a recent congressional testimony on economic recovery he said the following:

"I am concerned, as I’m sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers…I have nothing against white male construction workers, I’m just saying there are other people who have needs as well.”

So if you think somehow I am misinterpreting that statement, here is what he wrote on his blog:

"The stimulus plan will create jobs repairing and upgrading the nation’s roads, bridges, ports, levees, water and sewage system, public-transit systems, electricity grid, and schools. And it will kick-start alternative, non-fossil based sources of energy (wind, solar, geothermal, and so on); new health-care information systems; and universal broadband Internet access.
It’s a two-fer: lots of new jobs, and investments in the nation’s future productivity.
But if there aren't enough skilled professionals to do the jobs involving new technologies, the stimulus will just increase the wages of the professionals who already have the right skills rather than generate many new jobs in these fields. And if construction jobs go mainly to white males who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the most — women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed — will be shut out.
What to do? There’s no easy solution to either dilemma…
People can be trained relatively quickly for these sorts of jobs, as well as many infrastructure jobs generated by the stimulus — installing new pipes for water and sewage systems, repairing and upgrading equipment, basic construction — but contractors have to be nudged both to provide the training and to do the hiring.
I’d suggest that all contracts entered into with stimulus funds require contractors to provide at least 20 percent of jobs to the long-term unemployed and to people with incomes at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. And at least 2 percent of project funds should be allocated to such training. In addition, advantage should be taken of buildings trades apprenticeships — which must be fully available to women and minorities."

Where does one start with this. It is most certainly social engineering and wealth redistribution on a grand scale and additionally, it's racist on two levels. One, it excludes white males specifically from federal funds because they are white. And two, it presumes non-white people need liberal saviors like Robert Reich to succeed in life. That they are incapable of doing if left to their own devices. This is a spectacular example of the bigotry of the left. They treat the poor and minorities like they're children and they have disdain for those who succeed. Reich is actually suggesting that we pass over skilled workers, to quite literally punish those who had the audacity to prepare themselves for the workforce, and give those jobs to people who have to be trained to do that job. How backwards is that? How would you like to be driving towards a bridge and read a sign that says "this bridge was built by people who just learned how to build a bridge" He tries to deny that what he said was racist on his blog in an open letter to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin. In this letter he accuses them of distorting what he said and taking it out of context. What a laugh, when pinkos like Reich get caught expressing what they truly believe, and worse, try to use taxpayer money to promote it, they deny it. On top of being liars, they haven't the courage of their convictions to stand up for what they say. If this is the kind of advice President Obama will be getting, his administration and the country are in for a long four years.