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With Unemployment at 9.5 Percent, Is the Stimulus Working?
The President's $800 billion stimulus package hasn't been fully rolled out yet, but the US economy is already almost 7 million jobs in the hole since the recession began. Who's able to find work and who's not? Is more stimulus money needed? How much worse is it going to be before it gets better? Also, another protest crushed in Tehran, and China's continuing problems with ethnic unrest.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenThe President's $800 billion stimulus package hasn't been fully rolled out yet, but the US economy is already almost 7 million jobs in the hole since the recession began. Who's able to find work and who's not? Is more stimulus money needed? How much worse is it going to be before it gets better? Also, another protest crushed in Tehran, and China's President Hu Jintau has rushed home from the G8 to deal with rioting by the Uighurs, one of 55 officially recognized minorities.
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