10 February 2009

Job Creation and the Stimulus Package

Saw this today, and thought it was interesting in relation to the "bipartisan" debate going on in Congress over the Stimulation package, remaining TARP funds, etc. The amount of jobs created from a $1 billion investment in some of the areas mentioned in the original, and current, stimulus--as it relates to the effects of the same amount of spending in our nation's defense:

(you might want to click on the image to see the numbers--showing that a $1 billion investment in mass transit would create the more jobs than a similar investment in health care, defense, education, and home construction/weatherization)