The statistics table to the left is from factual information of January 25, 2016. Senator Cassidy made the point on January 19, 2016 at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that jobs in oil were increasing to record levels. That is a lie.
Series Id: CEU1021100006
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Super Sector: Mining and logging
Industry: Oil and gas extraction
NAICS Code: 211
Data Type: PRODUCTION AND
NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
This table (click here) is from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a table about the employment of Americans throughout the petroleum industry.
There was an interesting uptick of petroleum jobs in the USA from 2012 forward, however there are no more increasing and ridiculous employment numbers. For all the growth of jobs in the industry, as of August of 2015 the jobs crashed. It was a slow trickle at first, but, in only four months at the end of 2015 petroleum employment of Americans went from an all time high to a return to PRE-BOOM levels of 2011. Those jobs are not coming back. Senator Cassidy could not be more wrong.
The Democratic Party in Alaska has a real arguement for their candidates in 2016. The bonus monies the people receive every year is GONE. Chairwoman Murkowski of Energy and Natural Resource Committee is rattled to say the least at the drop in oil.
Alaska has not only lost a large part of their economy, it has suffered significant damage of it's beauty and native lands because of the climate crisis.
I think the Republicans in Alaska have a lot to answer for. I like the necklace Senator Murkowski is wearing. Was it made by craftspeople in Alaska?
How are Alaska's fisheries holding up?
