When I hear people say, 'Well, there's -- there's a lot of waste in this program,' well, from my perspective at least, keeping teachers in the classrooms is not wasteful. From my perspective, tax cuts to 90 percent of working families is not wasteful.
President Obama defends his stimulus plan against criticisms of wastefulness, emphasizing the importance of funding for education and tax cuts.
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