[dude1394]

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_12985897

For those of us who were convinced a government-sponsored spending bill was needed to stimulate the economy, the jobs picture in Colorado is dispiriting.



Five months into the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a minuscule fraction of the jobs that were promised to be either "saved or created" have been either saved or created — here or anywhere.
Fewer than 1,000 jobs in Colorado fit that description, according to The Post's Greg Griffin. Many went to college kids looking for summer work. Washington says some 59,000 Colorado jobs will be saved or created by the end of 2010.



We're told (now) that these things take time.



We supported the idea of a stimulus plan that would invest in the nation's infrastructure, but questioned the eventual bill that was so larded with non-stimulus projects.



It seems these new job numbers might be this week's teachable moment, which has us thinking we've learned our lesson.



So please, Congress, drop any talk of an additional "stimulus" package, and instead let this one work through the system.



Maybe once the economy recovers, we can start paying down the debt the stimulus has left us.