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- noun US Marginally productive government-financed employment.
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Examples
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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I went back to my leaf-raking that weekend with at least some of the burden lifted from my shoulders.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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I went back to my leaf-raking that weekend with at least some of the burden lifted from my shoulders.
Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011
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Graham Coxon plays a set comprising both his incarnations as confused power-popper and as leaf-raking bucolic.
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'Well, you know, I can't see any evidence that the stimulus really worked and I don't think just making phony leaf-raking jobs is a real solution.
Jared Bernstein: What Went Wrong With the Economy and What to Do About It Jared Bernstein 2011
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We chatted a few minutes before letting Stephen return to leaf-raking, and went along to the next house on our list.
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