The Hindu Business Line : America should create jobs that cannot be outsourced: Hillary

WASHINGTON: Democratic Presidential contender, Ms Hillary Clinton who is opposed to outsourcing has said that America should create jobs that cannot be exported to foreign countries, including India and China.

"It's not enough just undoing the damage that they've done and getting us back on the right track; we've got to create jobs in this country, jobs you can raise a family on, jobs that can't be shipped overseas. I was the first candidate to introduce an in frastructure plan, my Rebuild American plan," the former first lady said.

Ms Clinton said if elected, she plans to create over 3 million jobs, mostly in the construction sector, over the next decade.

"I will create a $50 billion strategic energy fund to invest in alternative energy, green energy. You know, let's make our vehicles more fuel-efficient. Let's invest in wind and solar, clean coal, bio-fuels, geothermal, hydrogen, you name it. Because I w ant us to be the leader again in a clean, secure energy future. And I believe we can put at least 5 million people to work. And, again, these are jobs that can't be outsourced," the New York Democrat said.

Ms Clinton said she has watched young people learn how to install solar panels and said that there's a huge demand in California. "I want the demand to sweep across America," she added.

"When you think about it, you can't send that job to India or China because somebody has to climb up on the roof and actually install the solar panels. So these are good American jobs that we're going to create right here," she said. - PTI

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