Obama's 4 Million Jobs: A Guide

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The problem with the stimulus package is that its makers don't distinguish between the three kinds of output and how each one affects the economy differently. The three kinds are:
1. The goods and services that have no other effects on the economy. They are consumed, and do nothing further for the economy. Examples include the arts, sports, entertainment, recreation, beautification toys, luxuries, most environmental projects, bureaucracy, and most government jobs.
2. The goods and services that contribute some wealth back into the economy. When they are purchased, they have long useful lives that help people produce wealth. Examples include education, roads, houses, business buildings, tools, computers, police, fire protection, emergency services, justice, corrections, medicine, and retail sales.
3. The goods and services that multiply to make more work than the work used to produce them. These include food and drink, clothing, transportation, job skills training, agriculture, energy production, and engineering.
Obama's plan includes too much of #1 and not enough of #3.

Larry Robinson of IN 4:15PM February 22, 2009

What about the millions of workers in aviation trades your administation in congress bashed about using corporate jets for bussiness, Instead, they mock them as a extravagant expenditures. Corporate jets are a bussiness tool that pumps in 150 million into our economy. I bet that congress has a nice fleet of private jets that they use which never gets critized for- Slashing and hacking avaition jobs away from responsible hard workers because of congress ignorance is not the answer.
I guess congress sticks to what there good at stirring up class envy wars, punishing the responsible hard workers because they choose to work in the avaition feilds. thanks for scaring America, ignorant ranting as usual from the new and old democrates.

Jeff Wilson of AR 2:53PM February 22, 2009