Morning Joe hosts did not challenge Thune's claim that the creation of "government jobs" doesn't stimulate economy

SUMMARY: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski did not challenge Sen. John Thune's claim that the creation of "government jobs" does not stimulate the economy. In fact, Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf has stated that, "in terms of the short-term stimulus, either kind of job [government or private sector] works because the people who get those jobs and receive the paycheck go out and spend it, and that's -- or spend much of it, and that is the multiplier effect that economists talk about."

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