“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Economic Recovery Watch

New Analysis Shows Strong Job Effects from Including Aid for Hard-Pressed Families and States in a Recovery Package
by Chad Stone

Temporary programs to protect people who are the most vulnerable in a deep recession will have a powerful impact on job creation relative to their cost, based on an analysis of the job creation effects of the proposed Obama economic recovery plan by Christina Romer, who will be chair of the President's Council on Economic ADvisors, and Jared Bernstein, who will be the Chief Economist in the Office of the Vice-President.  Their analysis issued January 9, also finds that substantial job creation will result form fiscal relief to states facing large budget shortfalls.  These findings are consistent with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis issued last week on the importance for job creation of including such measures in an economic recovery package.   PDF of Full Report
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