Bizarre--Obama Does Biz With Oz Corporate Welfare Gazillionaire But Won't Sign Off on Keystone

Australia's richest person, a mining magnate, managed to snag a ton o' cash from the U.S. government on the understanding that she would purchase mining and rail equipment from three American companies. This corporate welfare, as some are calling it, is expected to result in 3,400 American jobs.

Here's an idea, though. Obama could green light the Keystone XL pipeline without having to fork over a single American penny, and, voila, there would be "shovel ready" jobs galore.