dailykos.com - 1/10/2009
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...and jobs plus economic growth is good politics. A new Gallup survey shows that while Americans support the overall stimulus plan by a 53%-36% margin, the thing that excites them most is the prospect of creating jobs and investing in our economic future by rebuilding America, a component of ...
realclearpolitics.com - 1/9/2009
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January 08, 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Barack
Obama Throughout America's history, there have been some years...
that simply rolled into the next without much notice or fanfare. Then there are the years that come along once in a generation - ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/9/2009
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We’re now up to 2.6 million jobs lost
in 2008 and an unemployment rate of 7.2 percent,...
the kind of numbers we haven’t see since we pulled out of the early 1990s recession.
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Gallup shows stimulus support
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... the bill. Ideological leanings, however, further divide the GOP. Moderate and liberal Republicans were about evenly split on the plan (46 percent in favor, 44 percent opposed), while conservative GOPers tilted heavily against the package (68 percent opposed it). Interestingly enough, spending on infrastructure was the single most popular aspect of a stimulus package, regardless of party or ideology. In all, 78% of Americans approve of increased infrastructure investment. It led Jed to note , "The lesson here is simple: it's not only good economics to fund every single ...
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