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clipped from www.knoxnews.com And that brings us to a troubling topic - jobs. Even though Obama took out a second mortgage on America to stimulate the economy, organic, sustainable private-sector growth just ain't happening. Sevier County's unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent in October. The $48 million to $54 million stimulus package has yielded only 91.38 jobs created or saved in Sevier, according to recovery.gov. Of those jobs, 76.23 are connected to the Highway 66 work. Oaks said the contractor on that job had just finished the SmartFix project in Knoxville and those 76.23 employees would have been laid off. A little math, though, revives my sarcasm and reignites my cynicism. Using recovery.gov figures, Obama borrowed $54 million to save or create 91.38 jobs in Sevier, a cost of $590,938.94 per job. That, my friend, explains why so many of us cling to conservatism. And, please, do tell that to Washington.