White House Aide Contradicts Obama on Stimulus II
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We noted yesterday that White House aides were already backtracking on President Barack Obama’s promise that his $50 billion infrastructure plan “will not only create jobs immediately, it’s also going to make our economy hum over the long haul.” Specifically a “senior administration official” told Politico: “This is not an … immediate jobs plan.”
Well The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank apparently has been talking to the same “senior administration official.” Here is how he reports the exchange between reporters and the Obama White House:
Q. What is your estimate of how many jobs would be created?
A. We don’t have a jobs estimate for that.
Q. What are you thinking in terms of timing?
A. I don’t want to make a prediction about timing. (more…)