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PELOSI’S 500-MILLION-PERSON SLIP

Looks like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will say anything to get support for President Obama’s $900 billion stimulus package.

Pelosi publicly stated that “every month that we do not have an economic recovery package 500 million Americans lose their jobs.”

Although Pelosi made the absurd claim last month, video of the event where she spoke surfaced over the weekend on YouTube and various right-wing blogs.

The United States has a population of 303 million.

It isn’t the only time Pelosi has made the bizarre claim.

In a Jan. 18 interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Pelosi repeated that 500 million jobs would be lost unless Obama’s stimulus package was passed by Congress.

When host Chris Wallace corrected her and asked if she meant 500,000 jobs.

“What did I say, million?” asked Pelosi, adding that it “feels like 500 million.”

“Some 500,000 Americans will lose their jobs each month until we have a recovery package,” she said.

“Yes, Madam Speaker, it feels like almost twice the entire population are losing their jobs each month,” retorted Wallace.