Chart of the Day: The Stimulus

| Wed Feb. 17, 2010 9:16 AM GMT

In the New York Times today, David Leonhardt writes what should be obvious: last year's stimulus bill, though not perfect, has been a smashing success:



For partisan political reasons, Republicans find it in their interest to insist that the stimulus was just a boondoggle that hasn't created a single job. The fact that this frequently gets reported with a straight face is a black mark for the press, which ought to insist on its sources being a wee bit more reality-based if they want to be quoted without being immediately debunked in the following paragraph.

The chart below from Organizing For America tells the real story. We still have a long way to go before job growth is back to normal, but the stimulus is getting us there a lot faster than we would have gotten there otherwise.
