Obama's plan to create jobs
President-elect Barack Obama’s plan to create 2.5 million jobs was addressed on Saturday and would be the largest public works program since President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the federal interstate system in the 1950s, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported. According to both articles, the goals are to lift the county out of economic recession, rebuild highways in the United States, make public buildings energy-efficient, renovate aging schools and install computers in classrooms, extend high-speed internet to under served areas and modernize hospitals, The Washington Post reported. Both articles state the report on Friday that 533,000 jobs were lost in the month of November. The articles also point out that there were no details about how much the plan will cost and that Republicans want to resist such a plan. “Borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars today to try to fix the economy, they argue, will leave a huge bill for the next generation,� The New York Times reported. The Washington Post said that “Republicans in the House oppose Obama's plan, saying they favor a series of tax cuts that they say would put money in people's pockets and encourage businesses to expand domestically.� Both the articles have similar information however The Washington Post offers more attributions from government officials with their questions and concerns.
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