In 2007, the Green Jobs Act was brought before the House of Representatives. The purpose of this act was to do several things. One was to have the government fund a grant to train 35,000 individuals each year on how to work with natural energy sources. These include farmers, factory workers and a number of different scientists. The individuals to be trained are from low income and impoverished families.

The purpose of this was to become an intervention plan and to help those in need find the skills to become self-sufficient, wage earning members of society. States were given grants to help them focus on “going green”, help their low income families with job training in this department and then help them create jobs for the individuals who were trained. The Green Jobs Act of 2007 also set in place to collect research regarding the job markets. Thus, it was intended these would focus on what these types of programs did to the labor force in their areas of the country. Many states were given grants to begin implementing ways to “go green”.

While these sound like great ideas, the American people were concerned about their money. Like anything else that costs a significant amount of money they were not sure they would benefit from it. Thus, they were more than a little skeptical of the situation. Many viewed it as a potential waste of money.