Poll: More Think Obama Stimulus Hurt Employment Than Helped
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Full story: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/68960(CNSNews.com) – A majority of Americans believe President Barack Obama’s has harmed economic growth, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll Friday.
Less than a third, 29 percent, believe that the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus package, improved the economy. Meanwhile, 43 percent believe it hurt the economy.
The survey was released the same day that the Labor Department released its monthly figures showing that while the number of job cuts were 125,000, the unemployment rate went down from 9.7 percent to 9.5 percent, or two-tenths of a percentage point. President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package in February 2009, vowing the bill would save or create 3.5 million to 4 million jobs...
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