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Obama hopes the stimulus will create 4 million jobs over two years. FDR created that many in the first two months -- (link)

Posted by pigby (aka chris) Jan 27 '09, 21:30

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think bolder, dude (www.slate.com)

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And only prolonged the depression by seven years. - Dr.Vermin Jan 27, 23:04 1
- keep saying it, someday it might be true -- nm - pigby Jan 27, 23:10
FDR hired them all for the gov't. -- nm - Mop Jan 27, 21:32 6
- well yeah - pigby Jan 27, 21:34 5
  - And how big was the federal defecit when FDR did all this? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jan 27, 21:34 4
    - the money's going to be spent no matter what - pigby Jan 27, 21:37 3
      - well in terms of its money for education it is not really creating new jobs, its simply allowing many prgrams or positions in schools to continue. -- nm - Stacy Jan 27, 21:43 2
        
        and allows funds that would ordinarily be dirverted by the states to stem the education shortage to be freed up for other purposes. - znufrii Jan 28, 05:50 1
        
        actually educational money is earmarked on the bill, my mom runs a school district I should know. -- nm - Stacy Jan 30, 01:31

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