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Yellen: Biden's plan could restore full employment by 2022
AP ^ | 2/7/2021 | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ALAN FRAM , Associated Press

Posted on 02/07/2021 5:18:16 PM PST by simpson96

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.

Republican senators argued that Biden’s proposal was too expensive and they cited criticism from Larry Summers, a treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, that passage of the measure could run the risk of triggering runaway inflation.

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1 posted on 02/07/2021 5:18:16 PM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

😂😂😂


2 posted on 02/07/2021 5:18:49 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: simpson96

What, Government Employees?? Bwahahaha


3 posted on 02/07/2021 5:19:37 PM PST by fedupjohn (Waiting for Trump's new Caribbean Resort "Club Gitmo" to open for business! )
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To: simpson96

Shovel-ready jobs!


4 posted on 02/07/2021 5:19:58 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Republicans are the court jesters in the kingdom of liberalism)
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To: simpson96

Maybe dementia is as much a superpower as “diversity”?


5 posted on 02/07/2021 5:20:10 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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To: simpson96

Didn’t Fraudulent Joe just say it was going to take 10 years?


6 posted on 02/07/2021 5:20:13 PM PST by cp124 (The government is the enemy.)
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To: simpson96

Just in time for the midterms.


7 posted on 02/07/2021 5:20:48 PM PST by Antihero101607
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To: Antihero101607

In China?


8 posted on 02/07/2021 5:21:56 PM PST by RBW in PA
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To: simpson96

Like Egypt under the pharoahs.


9 posted on 02/07/2021 5:24:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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10 posted on 02/07/2021 5:25:19 PM PST by dontreadthis
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To: BenLurkin

Solution: Just give them that $15/hr. Approve it for 2 years. Let the 2022 elections decide.


11 posted on 02/07/2021 5:26:00 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: simpson96

More likely 2122.


12 posted on 02/07/2021 5:26:11 PM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: simpson96
but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year

For the umpteenth time, government spending doesn’t spur sustainable job growth. That’s the job of a free market.

13 posted on 02/07/2021 5:27:05 PM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: simpson96
The establishment (i.e., the Ruling Elite) put the squeeze on Janet Yellen and told her to pump up Mumbles Biden.

Perception is reality in this Brave New World.

14 posted on 02/07/2021 5:27:07 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Better yet-let the lefties decide what it should be. If the GOP retakes congress the minimum wage disappears the day after the election.


15 posted on 02/07/2021 5:27:45 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: simpson96

Are they American jobs?

Jobs that will exist without/after government subsidies?

I think with all the givens, we must legtimately ask this.


16 posted on 02/07/2021 5:27:58 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: cowboyusa

As defined by having millions fall out of the labor force participation rate.


17 posted on 02/07/2021 5:28:52 PM PST by EEGator
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To: simpson96

Sure.....
All those oilfield and pipeline workers are gonna learn to code this year and get some jobs on 2022!


18 posted on 02/07/2021 5:28:53 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: simpson96

He’ll be hooked up to a drool cup by May.


19 posted on 02/07/2021 5:29:03 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It's my only natural defense against stupidity!)
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To: fedupjohn

My first thought as well. SEIU members and government employeess.


20 posted on 02/07/2021 5:29:14 PM PST by jimfree (My 20 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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