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Weatherizing and how many homes have been weatherized and the effect it has on the economy. he said this staggering number. in this nation of millions, we have weatherized 200,000 homes. 200,000 homes in 19 months. sound like a big number? not really. it also sounds way short of what he promised. >> yeah, he promised two million. >> oops! >> listen. >> we have a weatherization program in this project. were going to weatherize two million homes. >> there he is. its interesting, though, apparently...

Little to create jobs, lizly page with citizens against government waste. youre saying the pushes dont do what theyre supposed to do, right? >> first of all the weatherization program was a boondoggle. the idea were going to spend $5 billion to whetherrize low income houses. it was not a government program, its private sector. >> was that separate from cash for clunkers? >> we. two separate programs. the higher end, you see weatherization for the low income and then cash for caulkers, giving reb...

Dont serve taxpayers best interests. take that weatherization program, the study in texas, $4 million went to weatherize 47 homes, thats 78 grand per house. you could buy a house for that. the savings is supposed to be about $500 per home. that would take 150 years for each investment to pay for itself. or, a million dollars here, to study hants work, the two arizona universities, thats $300,000 a job her grad student. several states got $100,000 each to stage puppet shows, thats 1puppete. rs jo...

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