We're not out there looking for make-work projects. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2008] Reference
“But it's detective-type make-work,” I pointed out. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
Now, let me be clear: These will not be make-work jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President And Vp At Cabinet Meeting] Reference
Talk about gold-plated "government make-work programs!". From Wordnik.com. [Muscle-bound America] Reference
“It's make-work, and everybody knows it,” she snarled. From Wordnik.com. [DarklyDreamingDexter]
"That's what they're doing here -- providing make-work jobs.". From Wordnik.com. [Local Economies Seek Own Revival] Reference
Up to a point, the "recentering" is mere bureaucratic make-work. From Wordnik.com. [Merchants Of Mediocrity] Reference
None of this matters, since it's just a make-work project anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Obama Lobbyist Rule Doesn't Apply to Lobbyists: Obama] Reference
We've had as many as 40 to 60,000 Iraqis in sort of make-work jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2007] Reference
In the meantime, there are mood stabilizers, and make-work projects. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
They gave him a job, but it was a make-work, glad-handing kind of job. From Wordnik.com. [A Taint in the Blood]
So even accidental savings are likely to be suppressed with make-work. From Wordnik.com. [Incentives vs. Government Waste] Reference
FDR created make-work programs that invested in America's infrastructure. From Wordnik.com. [Giles Slade: The D Word] Reference
Plus a make-work program for Blackwater. (see Chris Hedges, American Facists). From Wordnik.com. [wake me up when zeptember ends] Reference
BARBARA BOXER (D), CALIFORNIA: These infrastructure jobs aren't make-work jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2008] Reference
The reality is that 'green energy' is at best a sophisticated make-work program. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: The green energy fantasy] Reference
But if all the study is just sterile make-work to keep my hands and mind busy" ". From Wordnik.com. [Ill Met By Moonlight]
Government programs can make make-work, but they don't make the productivity jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2009] Reference
The reality is that "green energy" is at best a sophisticated make-work program. '. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: The green energy fantasy] Reference
To be sure, Michael Darby of UCLA has argued that make-work jobs should be counted. From Wordnik.com. [The Krugman Recipe for Depression] Reference
The other woman, who had been moving around quietly with make-work, dropped a tray. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Of The Galaxy]
It's a great make-work system, but it serves patients and their families very poorly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2005] Reference
So-called welfare reform, which emphasizes cutbacks and make-work, has played a part in all this. From Wordnik.com. [Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Kids] Reference
And he says that yours goes back to the Depression and is a make-work, dead-end jobs and all that. From Wordnik.com. [President In Photo Op With Bonnie Campbell Of Iowa] Reference
An example is our shift in focus to the longer term -- from a focus on "make-work" to "work-wireless.". From Wordnik.com. [Dean Garfield: Laying the Foundation for a High-tech, Pro-Growth Economy] Reference
No one gets paid for doing nothing or gets make-work assignments, and all participants learn new skills. From Wordnik.com. [How to fix D.C. summer jobs program] Reference
You know, so, for example, when we say we're going to weatherize two million homes, that's not just make-work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2009] Reference
The "possibility that any useful information would result from this make-work assignment was remote," the report said. From Wordnik.com. [SpyTalk: FBI misled Justice about spying on peace group] Reference
Because, essentially, you could create a monstrous bureaucracy of people doing make-work jobs to meet the requirements. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Bruce Reed On Welfare Reform] Reference
It's not just about creating make-work jobs, it's about creating jobs that will make a lasting difference for our future. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference
The “possibility that any useful information would result from this make-work assignment was remote,” the report said. From Wordnik.com. [FBI misled Justice about spying on peace group] Reference
MOORE: Well, I think that ` s part of the problem with the make-work projects, which I don ` t support in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2008] Reference
"On the one hand, there's no doubt that it's a make-work, dead-end job, but, on the other hand, it's also a vice presidency.". From Wordnik.com. [The Trophy Syndrome] Reference
She asked her fans to tell her "why ART may be more than a weakly-justified make-work project for people who can't get a real job.". From Wordnik.com. [James Gavin: Jane Siberry And the Art of Independence] Reference
So basically what you're talking about is an enormous boondoggle, putting tens of millions of young people in make-work government jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2006] Reference
They grasp at nation-building, that make-work scheme of internationalism against which any people, however pathetic, are bound to fight. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Jenkins: Western Export of the Ballot Box Elixir is Pure Hubris] Reference
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