Because redistributing borrowed money to people without jobs for nearly two years actually creates jobs, or something. The man is an imbecile.

As Obama called for passage of those bills, he also responded to a recent Republican push to require him to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada. “However many jobs might be generated by a Keystone pipeline,” he said, “they’re going to be a lot fewer than the jobs that are created by extending the payroll tax cut and extending unemployment insurance.”

In his mind, borrowing money so people can buy food for 99 weeks results in more creation than long-term paychecks for long-term, extremely profitable private sector work.

He’s either lying or a moron.