President Obama recently unleashed tons of money on the Weatherization Assistance Program for the entire nation. The Weatherization Assistance Program helps people reduce their energy costs by sealing windows and doors, putting solar screens on windows, repairing or servicing air condiditioning and heating units, and fixing other energy deficiencies.
There is a controvery over this program.
Many conservatives view this program as a waste of taxpayer dollars, alluding to the program as a creation of a welfare society. From my personal experience in my job, I've seen a boost in employment (contractors to help repair the homes, the sub-contractors, and angency workers), people are lowering their energy bills, thereby reducing the potential for requesting other forms of government assistance, and even homeowners who are renting home to low-income people are getting a slight reward by having their homes weatherized for free.
Weatherization is one of my favorite programs, and we need to understand that the Obama plan is bigger then just spending money. It has a result-oriented approach. We are going to see a decrease in need for government assistance, a boost in employment, and definately a boost in the economy.
This program is fantastic. Great post.
ReplyDeleteUnfortuneately they say there is going to be a lot of jobs but they done’ tell contractors how to get the work. Luckily I found a book that helps people become weatherization contractors
Thanks, Christopher. I can't seem to get that link, though.
ReplyDeleteOkay, Chris, I see what happened. I'll go ahead and post your "shout-out." This borders on Spammy, but I like the targeting advertising you did! I give you kudos!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.weatheriztionriches.com
I have one comment to make though. For those contractors who are looking for steady work: beware! You'll be dropped really quickly if the work is shoddy. I've seen a few cats try to get by with some shady tricks.