I wonder if the people in the 2nd story also believe the stimulus is working as intended? "July 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said his $787 billion stimulus bill âhas worked as intendedâ as he pushed back against Republican criticism that his recovery program has failed to rescue the economy. Obama, in his speech, said the stimulus program is helping state governments save jobs." http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a0StZd9y2rCY AND: "Unemployment among blacks in New York City has increased much faster than for whites, and the gap appears to be widening at an accelerating pace, new studies of jobless data have found." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/nyregion/13unemployment.html?_r=1&hp