There should be more opportunity in 2013 for real estate loans related to residential construction, and a little opportunity for more consumer lending.

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Democrats generally want even more money, arguing with 1 million construction workers unemployed, Republicans are missing an opportunity to increase the job rolls.

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Obama had a golden opportunity to promote American jobs through the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

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But more than just a scientific curiosity, the asteroid resources deposited on the Moon over the past 4 billion years represent an opportunity to harvest those resources in the construction of lunar bases for the benefit and protection of Earth.

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And since so many of these jobs are construction-related, this is not -- this is a lost opportunity here.

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