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Obama Stands by Jobs Pledge
Posted By Sheldon Richman
“The Obama administration is defending its projection that the economic stimulus plan will save or create 3.5 million jobs in a new report to be released today, saying that the figure is a cautious estimate based on a ‘relatively conservative rule of thumb’ about the national economy.” (USA Today [1], Monday)
Will they claim to have saved every job that doesn’t disappear?
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“Make-Work Won’t Work” [2] by John Semmens
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[1] USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2009-05-10-jobs_N.htm
[2] “Make-Work Won’t Work”: http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/make-work-wont-work/
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