RX for recession

Mon, March 02, 2009 - 3:59 PM

The $787 billion stimulus plan is law – now formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – but Democrats aren’t about to stop fighting the war of public opinion over whether the law is worthwhile.

Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is touting the jobs created in the states by $155 million going out in grants to community health care centers around the country. She released a state-by-state list of the 5,570 jobs that the administration says will be created.

Granted, $155 million isn’t much in the grand scheme of things, nor are 5,570 jobs when millions are out of work -- but jobs are jobs. Watch for Democrats to tout the good news whenever they can.

-- Marsha Mercer