Not a Moment Too Soon

By BOB HERBERT
NYT

It looks as if the U.S. is about to have a president, at long last, who gets it when it comes to jobs.

There doesn’t appear to be anything faint-hearted about Barack Obama’s plans to stimulate the economy, which hasn’t come this close to flat-lining since the 1930s. The president-elect’s recovery plan emphasizes job creation, and the path to that end winds through the nation’s long-neglected infrastructure.

Some of us have been beating that drum for years.

In a radio address on Saturday, Mr. Obama described his plan as follows:

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