These Boots Are Made for Talking

These Boots Are Made for Talking

According to a report from a shoe store in Campbellsville, Ky., the Army Corps of Engineers "created or saved" nine jobs when it used money allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to buy nine pairs of work boots.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the store's owner, frustrated by the government's confusing online forms, enlisted the help of his 42-year-old daughter, who figured nine -- the number of people who would use the boots on the job -- made as much sense as any other answer.

The economic kick...