Republican Presidential Candidates Want to Build Keystone Pipeline to Reduce Unemployment by 0.01 Percentage Points

The Washington Post told readers that jobs have become a big factor in the Obama administration's decision on building the Keystone pipeline, which would allow tar sands oil from Canada to be shipped across the United States. According to the article the pipeline has become a big cause among the Republican presidential candidates because it would generate 20,000 short term jobs in an economy with 9 percent unemployment.

The labor force is slightly over 150 million people. This means that the ...