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Monday, February 09, 2009

Higher Gov't Spending Does Not Create Jobs

Economist Brian Westbury states that, despite Obama's assurances, government spending does not create jobs. In fact, it creates higher unemployment.

His chart here shows that unemployment is almost perfectly correlated to higher government spending. Regardless of cause and effect, what the chart clearly does not show is that government spending reduces unemployment.