http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/14619/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-barely-report-stealth-push-second-stimulus <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/julia-seymour">Julia A. Seymour</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Unemployment stands just short of 10 percent and could be <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aGBkhROUjNds" />revised higher</a>. No, this isn’t the unemployment rate without a stimulus package, it is the rate even after President Obama pushed through the massive $787 billion stimulus package, which he said was desperately necessary.</p> <br /> <p >“For every day we wait or point fingers or drag our feet, more Americans will lose their jobs,” Obama said on Jan. 8 when unemployment stood at 7.2 percent.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-barely-report-stealth-push-second-stimulus" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Economy abc AP bloomberg cbs ChrisCuomo DavidBrooks Deficit E.J.Dionne FederalSpending Galluppoll jobloss jobs michelleGielan NBC obama RachelMaddow saveorcreate secondstimulus Stimulus TimeMagazine unemployment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:06:12 +0000 admin 26541 at http://archive2.mrc.org