'Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands'

Discussion in 'Economics' started by Wallace, Oct 29, 2009.

  1. by Brett J Blackledge - Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press
    "The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program
    claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is
    overstated by least 5,000 jobs, according to an Associated Press review of a sample
    of stimulus contracts."
    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMNoef6xDenBbHWO0Im6rIjDmAgAD9BKKBIG0

    More than 131,000 progress reports on stimulus funding will be posted Friday on
    recovery.gov, the government's stimulus-tracking Web site
     
  2. It's creating jobs alright...job accounting jobs.
     
  3. morganist

    morganist Guest

    i have heard they don't know where a lot of the money has gone.
     
  4. MattF

    MattF

    better get some coffee and a bite to eat...gonna need it to read these

    :D
     
  5. That's true ... it's been squandered, fucked-over and pocketed by the all of the same opportunistic, greedy selfish type of people that took the TARP money and ran!

    I swear, this may very well be the stupidst administration we've seen in the past twenty years. :eek: :p :mad:
     
  6. over 200 thousand dollars spend for every stimulus job

    and we still have massive immigration/guest workers

    borrowing from foreign nations, to create jobs at an extremely high cost, and giving them to foreigners is economic suicide