And likewise when they say that such 'n such a project will create umpteen hundred jobs. Period. (Full stop, if you're across the pond.) Rarely do they say if they're permanent, skilled, well-paying jobs, or short-term jobs cleaning up a toxic waste dump. <div>
<br></div><div>Paul Bruesch</div><div>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Mike Spalding <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike.spalding1@frontier.com" target="_blank">mike.spalding1@frontier.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<div><snip> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div> But the next
time some pundit or politician says that something will "help the
economy", ask yourself which economy he's talking about, and
whether the effect will be long term or transient.</div></div></blockquote><div></snip></div></div></div>