That estimate includes both direct and indirect jobs, and it includes not just a subset of the spending that has to be reported on through recipients, but the full set of Recovery Act activities that are out there in the field creating economic activity so far.

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The numbers are hard to estimate, but between direct hiring, hiring through labor contractors, and off-the-books work beside parents or for cash, perhaps 400, 000 children, some as young as 6, weed and harvest for commercial farms.

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The CBO was asked to estimate the bill's direct costs to consumers in 2020.

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The firm said the estimate includes about 1 million direct subscriber additions.

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However, as Chatter contributes less than 4% to our value estimate for Salesforce.com stock, the direct upside from additional Chatter subscribers is limited.

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The United States General Accounting Office says that estimate of the costs of 11 September includes the direct destruction of property as well as indirect losses caused by businesses closing.

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