Klavan: Seriously, if you need a laugh, watch my Manhattan Institute video first — it was posted 8 months ago — then read last week’s transcript below. As a conservative, I hate to collect Satire Welfare — free satire from the government. But in all fairness, I got there first!
Okay, this is just too hilarious not to post. Last week, Republican California Congressman Darrell Issa — who sometimes acts like the last sane man in government — had Bureau of Labor Statistics Acting Commissioner Josh Galvin up for questioning before the House Oversight Committee. At issue: what constitutes a “Green Job.”
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That’s the video. Here’s the real transcript, cadged from The Daily:
REP. ISSA: You did not want to come here as a witness. You are not a delighted witness. So let’s go through this. I asked you a question. You know the answer. Would you please answer it. If you sweep the floor in a solar panel facility, is that a green job?
MR. GALVIN: Yes.
REP. ISSA: Thank you. If you drive a hybrid bus — public transportation — is that a green job?
MR. GALVIN: According to our definition, yes.
REP. ISSA: Thank you. What if you’re a college professor teaching classes about environmental studies?
MR. GALVIN: Yes.
REP. ISSA: What about just any school bus driver?
MR. GALVIN: Yes.
REP. ISSA: What about the guy who puts gas in the school bus?
MR. GALVIN: Yes.
REP. ISSA: How about employees at a bicycle shop?
MR. GALVIN: I guess I’m not sure about that.
REP. ISSA: The answer is yes, according to your definition. And you’ve got a lot of them. What about a clerk at the bicycle repair shop?
MR. GALVIN: Yes.
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