features.csmonitor.com - 1/7/2009
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Washington In Washington this week, President-elect Obama called on Congress to create 3 million jobs over the next two years – “more than 80 percent of them in the private sector.” Republicans on Capitol Hill did a little quick math: That means 20 percent, or some 600,000 new jobs, will be in ...
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... in Afghanistan yesterday. It's a good time to get a government job (possibily) if Obama moves to protect that sector in the stimulus plan. Daniel de Groot at Open Left shows you the impact (in graph form no less) of ...
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Fabius Maximus : "We now have more people employed in government than manufacturing and construction." [image] The Christian Science Monitor , no friend of the GOP, calls the Obama stimulus plan "A safety net for government jobs": In Washington this week, President-elect Obama called on Congress to create 3 million jobs over the next two years – “more than 80 percent of them in the private sector.” [image] Republicans on Capitol Hill did a little quick math: That means 20 percent, or some 600,000 new jobs, will be in the public sector. That would boost ...
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