September 10, 2011
When discussing President Obama’s stimulus package, the Post told readers:
“The toughest critique came from Republicans who see key elements of the president’s plan as stimulus spending that they say is likely to add to the deficit without creating jobs.”
Of course the Post has no clue how Republicans “see key elements.” Like the rest of us, the Post’s reporters know that the Republicans routinely say that they don’t believe that the stimulus created jobs, but it has no idea how they actually view the stimulus.
It is possible that they are familiar with the evidence that shows the stimulus created even more jobs than President Obama had predicted. The problem was that the economy needed more than 8 million jobs and the stimulus was only designed to create 2-3 million. However, even if Republicans know these facts they may still say that the stimulus added to the deficit without creating jobs.
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