Vice President Biden was 50 minutes late to his stimulus innovation briefing yesterday. In that period of time, the latest economic numbers suggest, 2,500 newly jobless workers applied for unemployment benefits.
When he finally arrived at 11:35 Eastern Standard Time with Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, Biden had little to show in the way of results from the Obama administration’s $862 billion stimulus package. But he did demonstrate that our economic woes have not caused a corresponding decline in wishful thinking.
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