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Undernews: Myth as a media job producer

Throughout the recession, I have kept in my pocket a list from Wiki of some of the approaches taken by the New Deal, just to remind myself that there is more to life than reducing an 8.5% unemployment rate to 8.3%:

“The CWA hired four million people, and during its five months of operation, the CWA built and repaired 200 swimming pools, 3,700 playgrounds, 40,000 schools, 250,000 miles of road, and 12 million feet of sewer pipe.The WPA, which followed the CWA, employed 8.5 million people in its seven-year history, working on 1.4 million projects, including the building or repair of 103 golf courses, 1,000 airports, 2,500 hospitals, 2,500 sports stadiums, 3,900 schools, 8,192 parks, 12,800 playgrounds, 124,031 bridges, 125,110 public buildings, and 651,087 miles of highways and roads.”

Remember that every time Obama brags about his stimulus package.