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washingtonpost.com - 12/4/2008
George F. Will - Obama's Not-So-Bold Job-Creation Promise
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Shots from the Show 12/4
Tammy Bruce — ... will be updated throughout the show** Rendell Open Mike 2: What he said about Palin CEOs drive to DC for hearings; Questions persist Big Three Spending Millions On Lobbying It's UAW Concession Time One of the Silver Linings of the changing economy. When 50% of graduating college seniors are functionally illiterate (but have learned how to hate conservatives), this can only be good news. George Will: Obama's Jobs Lowball

Obama's Jobs Lowball
The New Editor — George Will: Three days after the president-elect announced in a radio address that he had directed his "economic team" to devise a plan "that will mean 2.5 million more jobs by January of 2011," he said at a news conference that he favored measures "that will help save or create 2.5 million jobs." To the extent that his ambition is clear, it is notably modest. It is, however, unclear. How will anyone calculate the number of jobs "saved"? In what sense saved? Saved from what? Saved by what? By government action, such as agriculture subsidies or other ...

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