Corzine Says Stimulus Will Create 100,000 Jobs for New Jersey
Sunday, February 22, 2009
New York, NY –
As governors from around the country discuss the federal stimulus package, New Jersey governor Corzine is praising President Obama's plan, which he says will make a big difference in the economy.
REPORTER: Corzine told CBS Face the Nation he hopes to use the funds for education and health care, but he said those aren't the only sectors of the Garden State's economy that will benefit from the .
CORZINE: Some of the other expenditures that are part of the program, on highways and bridges, and the energy infrastructure of the country, I think we're gonna create a lot of jobs -- about 100,000 in New Jersey.
REPORTER: Corzine says most of the economists he's talked to don't expect any turnaround in the economy until at least 2010. He says that makes it essential that the federal government use its ability to finance deficits, something states and local governments don't have the capacity to do.
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