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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
No I'm suggesting that it was misspent because it improved nothing according to your chart.
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My chart in 351 suggests that it improved the job-situation greatly.
The CBO agrees:
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"[The stimulus bill] lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.7 percentage points and 1.8 percentage points" and "[i]ncreased the number of people employed by between 1.4 million and 3.3 million."
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http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/117xx/doc...08-24-ARRA.pdf
I concede that Obama said that unemployment would remain under 8% with his bill, but I doubt that even you consider that claim to be a reliable foundation for evaluating the success of the stimulus.