And in 1955, by the way, we could afford to pave roads.

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So in case people are wondering whether or not the Recovery Act has created jobs and opportunity for businesses, talk to Chuck. (Laughter.) The new equipment he's ordered to help pave these roads will save an additional 40 jobs on an assembly line out in California.

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Alas, Congress always finds unmet needs to meet, bureaucrats to hire and roads in West Virginia to pave.

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Enough tyres are recycled in America each year to produce 20, 000 lane-miles (32, 000 lane-kilometres) of the stuff, enough to re-pave about 0.5% of America's roads, according to Liberty Tyre Recycling, a Pittsburgh firm that handles around a third of America's recycled tyres.

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