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Obama White House claims stimulus program that wasn’t ‘shovel-ready’ worked, for free

By Mark Tapscott
Published February 18, 2014 5:00am ET
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Obama White House claims stimulus program that wasn’t ‘shovel-ready’ worked, for free
President Obama is traveling to California on Friday to discuss the severe drought that is threatening farmers' livelihood and meet with the king of Jordan. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin) | Jacquelyn Martin

Remember when President Obama joked with members of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness that those “shovel-ready jobs weren’t as shovel-ready as we expected”?

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