projects in their districts. >> let's bring in ali velshi. he's been all over the cnn stimulus project. is it conclusive right now, ali, one way or another? has the plan been a success or a failure? >> it depends. i'll tell you, we have been studying this for a long time. has it created jobs? it absolutely has. we have direct reports, phoning companies to find out. the question is, the return on investment. was it worth more than $800 billion for the jobs that have been created and will be created as a result of this when all that money that you just talked about is spent? we have economists who have told us that when president obama took oips, the economy was at its worst point. we know that from the jobs numbers. when there are a lot of people who say the psych many work that is way. we were at the worst point and would have been better off today with or without stimulus. others say it directly had an impact on jobs created. yet others say it's very hard to