The OR Word

The word "OR" has never sounded so scary. When President Obama discusses the new economic stimulus package, it is notable that he likes to use the word or. This word may be the most worrisome choice of two letter words since Clinton's notorious "is". The president says the new bill "will create OR save 3 million jobs". Wait a minute! I see a future political discussion around exactly what he promised. In an economy that has and continues to lose so many jobs, merely saving 3 million is a very insignificant thing. The first thing that comes to mind is an analysis a few years down the road of how this package prevented some 3 million more jobs from being lost. This would be VERY debatable to say the least. Further to the point is that what we need is to replace the lost jobs AND create more. The population is certainly not getting any smaller and a growing portion of this population is unemployed. The fact that Obama ensures that he uses the "or" word in every address is very scary indeed.