*"'''Our [stimulus] plan will save or create 3-4 million new jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining public sector jobs.'''" [ (President Barack Obama on the economic stimulus package.) When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February of 2009 the nation's Unemployment Rate was 8.1%, by December 2009 it was 10.2%. | *"'''Our [stimulus] plan will save or create 3-4 million new jobs, 90% of these jobs will be created in the private sector, the remaining public sector jobs.'''" [ (President Barack Obama on the economic stimulus package.) When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in February of 2009 the nation's Unemployment Rate was 8.1%, by December 2009 it was 10.2%. |