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To: i-node who wrote (524202)	10/28/2009 2:39:06 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1578740

They struck. He turned them off. Hasn't watched a game since. I can't even get him to a minor league game anymore. Just won't do it. People don't NEED MLB. One guy. Look in the stands. More than one guy. Why aren't all tickets $1,000? Because people can't afford $4K to take a family of four to a ball game. They are not saying "Gee we could get 800 meals at McDonalds for that". They just can't afford it. Are you really that dense? The Yankees are a monopoly. Everyone knows that.

To: i-node who wrote (524202)	10/28/2009 2:40:37 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1578740

Early reports: Job gains signal stimulus impact By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY WASHINGTON — States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that the $787 billion plan has had a significant impact on the economy. That total, based on a USA TODAY review of reports from 33 states and Puerto Rico, includes teachers, construction workers, and others whose jobs were funded by stimulus money awarded to states. The administration plans Friday to release reports from all 50 states, providing the broadest accounting yet of the stimulus plan's impact. FORECAST: Jobs may rebound in 2010 Until now, the administration has relied on economic estimates to assess national job creation. The states' reports were meant to actually count the jobs, though that gauge has proved to be imprecise — particularly for jobs saved. "The numbers ... should be taken with a grain of salt," said Ethan Pollack of the Economic Policy Institute. Still, Frank Lichtenberg of the Columbia Business School says the figures show a significant economic impact. Obama's Council of Economic Advisors estimated that the stimulus had saved or created 600,000 to 1.1 million jobs. Lichtenberg said the states' reports "make that sound like a reasonable estimate." Kevin Hassett, once an economic adviser to President George W. Bush, said the reports "vastly overstates" job gains. He said the USA would have shed more than the 2.7 million jobs lost since March without the stimulus, "but just how many is impossible to know." Elizabeth Oxhorn, an administration spokeswoman,said the reports show governors credit the stimulus for "creating jobs across the economy." Data released last week showed federal contractors created or saved 30,000 jobs with stimulus funds. Friday's report also will provide jobs created by more than 103,000 federal grants and loans. The states' reports suggest the biggest impact has been at schools. Twenty-three states that have reported school job numbers said more than 156,000 jobs had been created or saved. Carol Bingham, director of fiscal policy for the California Department of Education, estimated the stimulus saved about 20,000 teaching positions. But she and others warn that precisely counting saved jobs has proved almost impossible. "It was intended to be a count. The way it was done, I think it's going to end up being an estimate," she said. Indiana officials reported that the stimulus had created or saved about 13,000 school jobs. Asked whether he had any idea how many layoffs the plan had prevented, state Education Department spokesman Cam Savage replied: "I really don't." Contributing: Andrew M. Seaman; USA TODAY correspondents: Clay Carey of The (Nashville) Tennessean; Keith Matheny of The (Palm Springs, Calif.) Desert Sun; Didi Tang of the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader; Jordan Schrader of The (Asheville, N.C.) Citizen-Times; Laura Ruane of The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press; Tracy Loew of the (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal; Tim Evans of The Indianapolis Star; Jeff Martin of the (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader; Brian Passey of The (St. George, Utah) Spectrum; Deb Peterson of the (Mountain Home, Ark.) Baxter Bulletin; Trevor Hughes of the Fort Collins Coloradoan Find this article at: usatoday.com