90 permanent jobs. Fantastic work! Just what we knew you were capable of, Mr. Businessman. Sure, it's an environmental nightmare and puts water supplies in danger... but 90 jobs!! Who can argue with that kind of economic impact?!
Of the remaining 16,100 positions, only 3,900 (or 1,950 per year, if the construction lasts two years) would be “construction jobs,” as described by Trump today, and all but 50 would be temporary, with those 50 workers engaged in the ongoing operation of the Keystone XL once it is completed.
Similarly, the Dakota Access Pipeline would employ the vast majority of its workers on a temporary basis until construction is complete. The company's calculation of 12,000 jobs also includes those indirect, non-construction roles at businesses in the region that expect an increase in activity during the short-term period of construction on the pipeline.
The Brookings Institution estimates just 40 full-time permanent positions will remain upon the conclusion of construction on the DAPL.
Of course, the contracts for the 2 year construction work that will temporarily provide relatively good wages for those who temporarily relocate to do that work will be worth millions to the owners of the companies that land those gigs. Wonder who they will be? And don't forget all those fantastic new jobs at McD's, serving up egg mcmuffins and coffee to those workers headed out to build pipeline for a couple years.
Home run, Mr. Big League. Home run. We knew you had it in you. In addition to the jobs you have taken credit for that were already in the pipe, you are proving to be just the man who will make America great again!
Well, for 24-ish months anyway. I guess in this hell hole we call America these days, that's pretty damn good!
Hey, I hear Burning Man is coming up again pretty soon. Better make a statement that by NOT shutting that hippie fest down this year, you're creating thousands of jobs at companies supporting the event. Like people working at the gas stations where all these hippies will have to fill up on the way out to the desert.
This is fun! Think about all the transient events where you'll be creating jobs just by letting the already planned thing happen. Possibilities are endless!