MSNBC host and admitted Keystone Pipeline flip-flopper Ed Schultz went off Friday on Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's claim that the pipeline would create 9,000 new jobs in the state over the next 20 years, asking incredulously, "Who the hell can project what the economy's going to be like 15 years from now?"
"Give me a break!" Schultz said.
Yet Schultz featured a chart from the Congressional Budget Office in September to try and discredit a Fox News host on The Ed Show, which displayed the predicted federal budget deficit up until 2023. Maybe looking 10 years ahead isn't quite as ridiculous in Schultz's eyes.
Indeed, predicting how the economy will act based on various indicators is a common practice, but Schultz was nevertheless miffed at the idea someone would try and project job creation. No doubt he was outraged, for instance, when then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said in 2010 that Obamacare would create 4 million jobs, 400,000 of those immediately.