Biden Launches White House Task Force on Middle Class Families with Appeal for Green Jobs. Commentary by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., Philadelphian Inquirer, February 27, 2009. "Today, in Philadelphia, the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families [whitehouse.gov/strongmiddleclass] is holding its inaugural meeting. Our charge is to assess current polices and develop new ones aimed at helping the middle class, the economic engine of this country. The economic-recovery package that President Obama signed into law last week contains more than $20 billion for investment in a cleaner, greener economy, including $500 million for green job training. The task force's first order of business is to evaluate how investing in green jobs will help build a strong middle class... More green jobs can also mean more money in consumers' pocketbooks at the end of the month. They can reduce your electric and heating bills, leaving you more disposable income for other things. Right here in Philadelphia, for example, there are 400,000 rowhouses that could be weatherized and made more energy-efficient. Just doing that would lower household energy consumption by 20 to 40 percent, saving families hundreds of dollars a year... We're excited to be in Philadelphia promoting an idea that has so many benefits. We're starting to make the investments needed to leave a cleaner world to our children while also creating good jobs right now... When you're creating green jobs, you're doing well by doing good."
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