Repeating a lie over and over doesn’t make it true. But if you listen to Republicans on the subject of job creation and the federal stimulus package, it’s obvious they don’t understand that or care.
Newly-elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) recently declared that the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) – signed into law by President Obama a year ago this week – "didn’t create one new job."
Taking dishonesty and hypocrisy a step further, House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) has shown the audacity to appear at press conferences celebrating federal stimulus-funded projects, despite vocal opposition to the federal stimulus package itself "as completing failing to create jobs."
It’s time to stop misleading people and start telling the truth.
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