The Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s Justin Owen notes that the “Green Jobs Bill” advancing in the state legislature might do more harm than good.
“It’s a noble effort, but if you look at history, government has a poor track record in this green jobs creation phenomenon,” Owen said. “It’s a bad investment typically.”
Read the entire article here in the Nashville Business Journal.
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