Stimulus Jobs

Good Jobs

James P. Hoffa | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Labor Day, Unions, Economy, Unions Jobs, Stimulus, Stimulus Jobs, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

That government stimulus creates jobs and revitalizes economic growth is accepted as fact by businesspeople, financiers and even Martin Feldstein, Ronald Reagan's chief economist.

Read Post

CBO: Stimulus Added Millions Of Jobs In Second Quarter

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Recovery, Cbo, Economic Crisis, CBO Jobs, Jobs, Stimulus Jobs, Cbo Stimulus, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Job Creation, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The massive U.S. stimulus package put millions of people to work and boosted national output by hundreds of billions of dollars...

Read Whole Story

Mark Blumenthal

Cut Deficits Or Spend For Jobs?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Table, Deficit, Spending Jobs, Deficit Versus Jobs, Budget Deficit, Stimulus Jobs, Stimulus, Stimulus Debate, Politics News

If you have been following coverage of polling on jobs and the deficit this week, you may be a little confused. “The public now sees reducing th...

Read Whole Story

Arthur Delaney

100,000 Jobs Subsidized By Stimulus Will End In September

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Jobs, Obama Stimulus, Stimulus, Politics News

Debbie Velarde is one of more than 100,000 people who will lose their jobs by September unless Congress extends a stimulus bill provision that gives s...

Read Whole Story

AP: White House Stimulus Report Overstated Jobs Saved

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Obama Administration, Head Start, Stimulus Jobs, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, Business News

WASHINGTON — The government's latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program under a popular fed...

Read Whole Story

White House: 650,000 Stimulus Jobs

AP | MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Economy, Jared Bernstein, Obama Administration, Stimulus Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the government said Friday, a...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Creates, Saves More Jobs In June: Committee

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Obama, Economic Stimulus, Stimulus Jobs, Stimulus June, Stimulus Plan, Stimulus, Politics News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of jobs created or saved by infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. economic stimulus plan more than doubled in J...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus To Create, Save Nearly 150,000 Illinois Jobs: White House

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illinois Stimulus Plan, Obama Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Jobs, Illinois Jobs, Chicago News

White House economists estimate the $787.2-billion federal stimulus plan will create or save 148,000 jobs in Illinois over the next two years, the Oba...

Read Whole Story

Senate Stimulus Bill Could Cost Illinois $2.4 Billion

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Bill Cuts, Senate Stimulus Bill, Illinois Stimulus, House Stimulus Bill, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Jobs, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Chicago News

Spending cuts in the $838-billion stimulus bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday will cost Illinois at least $2.4 billion and thousands of jobs if it p...

Read Whole Story