After the government announced on Friday that 533,000 jobs had been lost in November and unemployment had risen to 6.7%, Obama signaled that he wants a recovery plan that saves or creates more than 2 million jobs, makes public buildings more energy-efficient (the so-called "green jobs") and invests in the country's roads and schools. This would be "the largest public works construction program since the inception of the interstate highway system a half century ago as he seeks to put together a plan to resuscitate the reeling economy."
It would cover a range of programs to expand broadband Internet access, to make government buildings more energy efficient, to improve information technology at hospitals and doctors’ offices, and to upgrade computers in schools.
“It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption,” Mr. Obama said. “Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online.”
So true.
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