"If state and local governments had followed the pattern of the previous two recessions, they would have added 1.4 million to 1.9 million jobs and overall unemployment would be 7.0 to 7.3 percent instead of 8.2 percent."
- Ben Polak and Peter K. Schott, "America's Hidden Austerity Program"
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