Yesterday the president traveled to Columbus, OH to tout his stimulus package. Apparently some of the funds from the $800 billion were used to save the jobs of 25 Columbus policemen/women.
This event was heralded on a day when it was announced by the Commerce Dept. that the unemployment rate spiked to 8.1% and another 700,000 or so jobs were lost in Feb.
Towards the bottom of the story, one discovers that these 25 officers may end up losing their jobs next January. The stimulus money is going to run out by then.
So I ask two questions - are the creation of temporary government jobs -- even police officer jobs -- really what is going to get the economy rolling again? Is that result really worth the massive debt we are taking on?
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