Detroit Adult Entertainment: Obama: Jobs news ‘modestly encouraging’
December 7, 2009 at 12:25 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsThe president’s trip to Pennsylvania was part of what the White House is billing as a “listening tour” on the topic of jobs. It comes on the heels of a summit the president held Thursday at the White House with leaders from various sectors of the economy.
“We had frank discussions about a variety of ideas that helped refine our thinking,” Obama told the crowd Friday.
His remarks followed a visit to Allentown Metal Works, a local factory that has struggled for years, particularly in what Obama called the “brutal recession.”
In an exchange that drew laughter from the crowd, Obama took a question from a second-year student who said he has been studying criminology.
“I was wondering if, maybe, if you checked out some of the statistics about legalizing prostitution, gambling, drugs and nonviolent crime in order to stimulate some of the economy,” the student said.
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