The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
NOTE: The following excerpt is from the BOTW archives of March 4, 2009:
How Stimulating
It’s not clear yet whether the so-called stimulus will avert catastrophe, as President Obama promised it would, but it is already putting people to work, as CNN reports:
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, “The work begins today in Montgomery County, Maryland, where a work crew is starting on a project to resurface Maryland State Highway 650–a very busy road that has not been fully repaired in 17 years.”
The resurfacing contract is going to a Pennsylvania-based family-owned company, American Infrastructure, LaHood said.
He said the project will support 60 jobs. “And that’s how we’re going to get the country back on its feet,” LaHood added.
Wow, 60 jobs! Of course, $787 billion divided by 60 comes to $13,116,666,666.67 a job. Yet while that may seem high, remember that it can only go lower.
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