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Economy and for the american people. one year later, it is largely thanks to the recovery act that a second depression is no longer a possibility. it's one of the main reasons the economy has gone from shrinking by 6% to growing at about 6%. this morning we learned that manufacturing production posted a strong gain. so far the recovery act is responsible for the jobs of about two million americans who would otherwise be unemployed. these aren't just our numbers, these are the estimates of independent, non-partisan economists across the spectrum. now, despite all this, the bill still generates ...

Businesses are the engines of job creation in this country, they always will be. but during a recession when businesses pull back and people stop spending, what government can do is provide a temporary boost that puts money in people's pockets and keeps workers on the job, cuts taxes for small businesses, generates more demand, gives confidence to entrepreneurs that maybe they don't have to cut back right now, maybe they can hold steady in their plans and in their dreams. that's exactly what we've been able to do with the recovery act. and i just want to point this out. there has never been a ...

Lot bigger than any charismatic guy with a teleprompter. it's one thing to call a pay raise a job created or saved. it's quite another to call the devastation that a homicide bomber can inflict a man-made disaster. and i just say come on, washington, if nowhere else, national security, that's one place where you got to call it like it is. how is that hopy changey stuff working out for you? >> sarah palin covered the political landscape last night from taxes to terrorism, from national security to the stimulus act, but as with any political figure we found it's always good to run a fact check o...

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