Fact Check: Did the stimulus create “zero” jobs?

CNN by Chris Mould | Sep. 13, 2011 (News)

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said at Monday's CNN/Tea Party Debate that President Obama "had $800 billion worth of stimulus in the first round of stimulus. It created zero jobs. Four-hundred-plus billion in this package, and I can do the math on that one. Half of zero jobs is going to be zero jobs." Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business
Topics: U.S. Economy, Jobs, Rick Perry, Presidential Election 2012
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Sep 13, 2011 - 7:06 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Sep 13, 2011 - 2:03 PM PDT

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