money.cnn.com - 12/5/2008
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President-elect Barack Obama hasn't put a dollar figure yet on his promise to create an economic recovery package that he says will generate or save 2.5 million jobs over two years. His reluctance may be with good reason: Obama is six weeks from taking office, and the ...
bloomberg.com - 12/7/2008
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bloomberg.com —
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said
he’ll make the “single largest new investment” in roads,...
bridges and public buildings since the Eisenhower Administration to lift the sagging economy and create jobs. Obama, in his weekly radio ...
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Obama Plans Largest Building Program Since 1950s (Update1)
motherjones.com - 12/4/2008
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motherjones.com —
Obama talked about a windfall profits tax as
early as April. As crude oil prices topped $110...
a barrel, Obama promised to "put a windfall profits tax on oil companies and use it to help ... families pay their heating and cooling bills and reduce energy ...
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MotherJones Blog: Obama's First Policy Retreat?
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$1 trillion rescue: Not so far-fetched
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Could $136 billion in infrastructure spending create 5.4 million jobs?
BloggingStocks —
... President-elect Obama plans to use fiscal policy to put the brakes on the economic slump. He intends to do that through infrastructure spending. And figures as high as $500 billion to $1 trillion have been mentioned. Does this make sense? How would the money be spent? How many jobs would it create? ...
Could $136 billion in infrastructure spending create 5.4 million jobs?
BloggingStocks —
... President-Elect Obama plans to use fiscal policy to put the brakes on the economic slump. He intends to do that through infrastructure spending. And figures as high as $500 billion to $1 trillion have been mentioned. Does this make sense? How would the money be spent? How many jobs would it create? ...
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