The most interesting and obtuse comment about the new plan came from Senator Harry Reid, who said the legislation would create 3.5 million jobs. The 3.5 million jobs forecast has always been a mysterious subject. No one in the Congressional leadership has argued that this will not create 3.4 million or 3.6 million jobs. What will it cost to add another 3.5 million jobs after the job losses from the first half of the year have been reversed? Either way, the issue is not creating 3.5 million jobs.