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Monday, November 23, 2009

Sestak criticizes stimulus
Congressman Sestak

We told you on Thursday that Republicans and some Democrats were slamming Recovery.gov for being full of errors. In a story published Friday, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak expressed his own frustration with the stimulus. Sestak, who is running for the Democratic nomination for Senate against Sen. Arlen Specter, told the political website Politico that Democrats may have promised too much, too quickly. Says Politico:

According to Sestak, moderate and conservative-leaning independents are particularly unnerved by a sense that Washington’s plans for economic recovery seem to be working slowly, if at all.

“There’s no such thing as a shovel-ready job. We oversold things,” Sestak said in a phone interview from York County, where he was participating in an event with veterans over the weekend.

Keep an eye on this debate in the coming months, since Congress many consider passing another jobs bill in 2010.

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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:07 AM, 11/23/2009
    “There’s no such thing as a shovel-ready job." And folks, we all know what they are shoveling. Manure.
    — SayHello2MyLittleFriend


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