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Old 11-01-2009
danielpalos danielpalos is offline
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Re: CBS--Don't believe WH claims of stimulus saved or created jobs.

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Originally Posted by Oreo View Post
Just one question for you. What do suppose happened to all those Hoover Dam workers once the project was finished? Answer: They were out of a job.

Long term economic growth always comes from the private sector--not "temporary" government jobs paid for by the taxpayers of this country.
The point was that they had incomes and were spending money to create consumer demand for more products and the labor required to make those products.
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