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To: RetiredNow who wrote (146809)11/6/2014 5:08:10 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 149317
 
"They create short term, part time, low wage jobs."

Some are temp, some are permanent, and, with the proper investment, it's the long term bennies that count. A lot more jobs were created because of the electricity Hoover Dam generated than were in the building of it. A lot more jobs were created in industries spun off by the space race than were by the rocket builders.

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