Obama’s Proposed Oil and Gas Tax Hikes to Cost U.S. Economy 154,000 Jobs in 2011
White House’s new ‘stimulus’ plans would trigger loss of $341 billion in economic activity
The American Energy Alliance (AEA) released a study yesterday from Dr. Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University Endowed Chair of Banking and nationally-renowned economist, which estimates that President Obama’s proposed energy tax changes would trigger grave economic consequences.
- Initial losses of over 154,000 jobs by the end of 2011, not only in the energy sector but across the whole economy;
- More than $341 billion in lost U.S. economic output; and
- In excess of $68 billion in lost wages nationwide.
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