Government spending can create jobs
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| Author(s) | Charles Ballard |
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| Source | The Detroit News |
| Date | February 12, 2009 |
| URL | http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090212/OPINION01/902120326/1008 |
| Quote | "The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that America needs $2.2 trillion of repairs and upgrades during the next five years just to have an adequate infrastructure. So we should be working on our infrastructure anyway, even if we weren't in a deepening recession. Since we are in a deepening recession, the case for infrastructure spending is even stronger."
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This item argues for the position Act should be passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
