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The Economy Risks Permanent Damage Without Stimulus Now
Congress has wasted more than enough time.
You’ll soon be hearing it more and more.
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In normal times, 245,000 jobs is a perfectly healthy number of jobs to add to the U.S. economy, as happened in November. But these are not normal times. The economy is like a failing student who has racked up a bunch of Fs and needs A+ grades for the rest of the term if they hope to pass. This was a C, at best.