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"Rick Perry&amp;apos;s jobs plan ain&amp;apos;t too complex.\r\nAs the Texas governor outlines on page 12, it&amp;apos;s got two parts:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIncrease American energy production...\r\n\r\n\r\nCreate American jobs through increased domestic energy production.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn case you missed that, Perry is going all in on the energy industry.\r\nPerry claims that by rolling back environmental protections and by green-lighting energy exploration anywhere, anytime he can boost employment by 1.2 million jobs by 2020.&amp;#xA0;\r\nGiven the laser focus on this single industry you&amp;apos;d imagine Perry&amp;apos;s jobs plan were a solution to rampant unemployment in the energy sector.&amp;#xA0;But that&amp;apos;s far from the case.\r\nThe jobless rate in the sector Perry is targeting &amp;#x2014; &amp;quot;mining, quarying, and oil and gas extraction&amp;quot; &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;has been below&amp;#xA0;6 percent for most of the year. In the private sector, its sunny jobs picture is rivaled only by finance, education and healthcare.&amp;#xA0;\r\nIn short, the domestic energy sector has already recovered.&amp;#xA0;If Perry were serious about solving a problem &amp;#x2014; as opposed to rewarding the oil, gas and coal industries &amp;#x2014; he might target a segment of the workforce that&amp;apos;s actually in pain. Say,&amp;#xA0;the&amp;#xA0;construction industry, where joblessness currently tops 13 percent.&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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