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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 08:09 AM Jul 2012

Romney's "Jobs Program" is a recycled Bush dud...

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/17/156879807/romneys-plan-to-revive-jobs-has-mixed-results

In 2004, a few states enrolled in a Federal pilot program that essentially gave $3,000 to the unemployed for job training, or anything else they needed to get work. If they found a job, they kept the 3 grand, or what was left of it.

Well, a lot of people happily took the 3 grand and used it for stuff like fixing their cars so they could get to job interviews, but overall it wasn't cost effective and hardly helped anyone actually get a job.

When asked how he would run the program any better, Romney had no answer.



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