So remember those independent economists who said our plan would create jobs, maybe as many as almost 2 million jobs, grow the economy by as much as 2 percent?

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Remember that group of economists who said our jobs plan would create jobs?

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And while a plan to reduce our deficit has to be part of our agenda, we also have to remember deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan.

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Remember I said that these independent economists had evaluated our plan -- we presented, not folks who work for us.

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