cnn.com - 11/22/2008
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President-elect Barack Obama talks about his economic plan Saturday on a video on his Web site.
newsbusters.org - 11/24/2008
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newsbusters.org —
Media sources seemed to be thrilled that Obama
is promising to save or create millions of new...
jobs. The only problem is they seem to purposefully fail to mention that these will primarily be government jobs. From Libertarian Republican : A check ...
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Obama and Government Job Creation
news.yahoo.com - 11/22/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday outlined
his plan to create 2.5 million jobs in coming...
years to rebuild roads and bridges and modernize schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars.
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Obama outlines rebuilding plans to create jobs
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Coming Soon - Franklin Delano Obama?
Roger L. Simon —
... that Obama would be pulled both ways and side with the interventionists. He seems to have been at least partially correct in his prediction - Obama’s new fireside YouTube chat has the president-elect proposing an extensive program of job creation aimed at building up our infrastructure and creating energy independence. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
... on Bush-era torture (though, admittedly, without the intent to prosecute anyone) and at least some degree of public-works pump-priming. ...
The Coming of a Can-Do Government
The Moderate Voice —
... as “tilting toward the center, inviting a clash of ideas,” but the left-right analysis seems less to the point than the question of getting things done as transition team members “believe that the new administration will have no time for a learning curve.” ...
Idiot of the Day: James Kirchick (for arguing that Obama has abandoned the Netroots)
The Reaction —
... Consider, for example, his job-creation plan, outlined in his radio address today. It is an aggressive, liberal plan. (Indeed, ss Cernig ...
Philip N. Cohen: What Will Obama's "Good Jobs in America" Mean for Women?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
President-elect Barack Obama's economic agenda includes a goal of creating 2.5 million jobs by 2011. It's too early to know the details of the plan, much less what will be enacted by Congress and what its overall effects will be. But early indications are the plan will do more to improve the jobs outlook for men than for women (a problem suggested to me by sociologist Paula England, an expert on gender inequality).
Some general aspects of the agenda, such as small business and job creation credits, are ostensibly gender neutral. But what about the "immediate investments to rebuild America's roads and bridges and repair our ...
He Is “The One”
No Runny Eggs —
Well, Which Is It?
No Runny Eggs —
First, it was 2.5 million jobs:
Obama outlines job-creation plan
Followed by, 3.0 million jobs:
Obama ups jobs goal to 3 million on bad economic news
Next, 3.5 million jobs:
Obama: Stimulus will create 3.5 million jobs
Followed by:
Obama: Plan would create 4.1 million jobs
Earlier last week, President Obama claimed ...
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