Government spending can create jobs

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Author(s)	Charles Ballard
Source	The Detroit News
Date	February 12, 2009
URL	http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090212/OPINION01/902120326/1008
Quote	"The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that America needs $2.2 trillion of repairs and upgrades during the next five years just to have an adequate infrastructure. So we should be working on our infrastructure anyway, even if we weren't in a deepening recession. Since we are in a deepening recession, the case for infrastructure spending is even stronger."

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This item argues for the position Act should be passed on the topic American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.