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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Obama Stands by Jobs Pledge


“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, Monday)

Will they claim to have saved every job that doesn’t disappear?

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“Make-Work Won’t Work” by John Semmens


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.