How green was Obama’s jobs speech?

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Since the Great Depression, Americans have also counted on government to use basic macroeconomics—econ 101—to prevent long-term economic stagnation. And while President Obama did get the stimulus through, since then we have not had nearly enough government support. Tonight’s jobs proposal has many positive elements, but it’s impossible to ignore the fact that it comes while we are simultaneously cutting spending, and that even if it does pass, it won’t be nearly as ambitious as the plan proposed tonight.

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