In 1993 we had an economy coming out of recession, we had unsustainable budget deficits in the projections and we had a budget package which people were afraid would dampen the recovery -- but it didn't. It had the opposite effect, |
The bulk of the resources [in the plan] are irrelevant to the current employment situation; they don't take effect until later. |
The Democrats' proposal is more effective. I might quibble on some of the details, but it's completely focused on the short term. |
The striking thing is just the falseness of the claim that 1.4 million jobs are created, in light of their own model. There's a basic element of fraud in that claim. |