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The Job Con -- By: The Editors

The odds that the stimulus package would “create or save” millions of jobs, per the administration’s promises, were never good. The government is borrowing enormous amounts of money to pay for the stimulus. Full Article at National Review Online

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  1. When President Barack Obama was pitching his $787 billion economic stimulus package, the White House produced a report claiming their plan would keep unemployment under a peak of 8%. Reality has not been kind to President Obama’s promises. Full Article at The Heritage Foundation

  2. Youth employment programs, the AmeriCorps service program, private contractors and educators account for most of the jobs created or saved in Idaho using federal stimulus funding, according to state and federal reports. Full Article at Idaho Statesman

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  4. New numbers released by the federal government Friday estimate that the federal stimulus package has helped create or save 34,500 total jobs in Washington, making it the state with the third-largest reported number of stimulus jobs, behind California... Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com

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