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The Meaning of Jobs “Created”

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By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  November 16th, 2009 at 12:55 PM  | 

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The Washington Examiner spots the pattern from multiple news reports:

More than ten percent of the jobs the Obama administration has claimed were “created or saved” by the $787 billion stimulus package are doubtful or imaginary, according to reports compiled from eleven major newspapers and the Associated Press.

Based only on our analysis of stimulus media coverage in the last two weeks, The Examiner has created this interactive map to document exaggerated stimulus claims. The map, which will be updated as new revelations appear, currently reflects an exaggeration by the Obama administration of about 75,000 jobs, out of the 640,000 jobs supposedly “created or saved.”

Read the whole thing, and don’t miss clicking on the link for the map. Ah, well, it’s only $787 billion, I’m sure there’s more where that came from.

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  • clement

    A $3,500 purchase of paint was credited with saving or creating a job.

    WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

    We saved or created ONE JOB. ONE.

  • lycurgus

    All I want our taxes to pay for are prisons and the military.

    I weep for America.

  • izoneguy

    If the government would stand down and get the hell out of the way there would be millions of jobs that would be created.

    KIA Factory Means Jobs in Small Ga. Town

    http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/11/16/kia-factory-means-jobs-in-small-ga-town/?test=latestnews

  • antisocial

    This is a scam.

    New York, NY
    Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 minutes ago
    Teach for America reported that a $2 million grant created or saved 1,425 jobs. In fact, all of the jobs created were accounted for by another grant.
    ———————–
    Plymouth, CT
    Last Updated by charlie.spiering 5 minutes ago
    The town police department reported saving 108 jobs with a $15,355 grant. The department only has 23 officers.
    ———————–
    Los Angeles, CA
    Last Updated by okie 53 minutes ago
    “Los Angeles-based Syska Hennessy Group Construction reported 93 jobs stemming from an Army contract…The number is closer to two jobs because the construction work has not started yet…”
    ———————–
    Sacramento, CA
    Last Updated by charlie.spiering 1 hour ago
    The California State University system received $268.5 million in stimulus funds and claimed that the money allowed them to save over 26,000 jobs or half its workforce. But when pressed, the California State University system admitted they weren’t really

    • antisocial

      Blooming Grove, TX
      Last Updated by charlie.spiering 11 minutes ago
      A month-long roofing project that received less than $30,000 in stimulus funds and involved six workers was erroneously reported as creating 450 jobs.

      • Tbone

        450 illegal aliens for a day at $60 buck each?

        • $peciallist

          right here in Santa Ana, Ca…right around the corner from my house….it’s a great Time saver!

          although I haven’t received any Obamamoney yet…

          • antisocial

            If not don’t miss the next opportunity :-)

            BTW…. His home state is pulling hard for him in this scam:

            Wilmette, IL
            Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 hours ago
            The district reported saving 166 jobs, but the superintendent of schools says the number should be zero
            —————————–
            North Chicago, IL
            Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 hours ago
            The city claimed to have saved the jobs of 473 teachers with its $4.7 million education stimulus grant. The district employs only 290 teachers.
            —————————–
            Dolton, IL
            Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 hours ago
            [S]timulus funds were said to have saved the equivalent of 382 full-time teaching jobs — 142 more than the district actually has.
            —————————–
            Kankakee, IL
            Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 hours ago
            A school district reported saving 665 jobs, even though it only employs about 600 people

          • antisocial

            Fayettville, AR
            Last Updated by charlie.spiering 2 hours ago
            A $1,000 grant to purchase a single lawn mower was credited with saving 50 jobs. Source: New York Times
            ——————————————–
            And this is worst:
            Douglas County, WI
            Last Updated by Matthew 2 hours ago
            The county’s report claimed to have created 100 jobs with its $7.3 million grant, but that’s only because the true figure of five jobs was mistaken for 50 and then double-counted
            ——————————————–

            I spent 50 dollars for gas today. I SAVED 2.5 jobs.

          • http://www.ssce.net/Web-Articles/Web-articles-indexed-authors.html#authors-l JLenardDetroit

            AP: TAMMY WEBBER, Associated Press Writer Tammy Webber, Associated Press Writer ?

            CHICAGO ? The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday.

            The maximum-security Thomson Correctional Facility, about 150 miles west of Chicago, was one of several evaluated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and emerged as a leading option to house the detainees, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because a decision has not been made.
            READ MORE

            Rather than yet another way to funnel endless funds to the Chicago area bottomless pit of corruption! This is the one area of the country where this will probably get rammed through as they won’t/don’t give a darn about what their folks will have to say about the usual NIMBY (Liberalism – yep, do anything/everything, but make it hurt someone else attitudes). I think the Standish, Michigan, area folks have made it clear it won’t happen their and the folks in charge not be held accountable — but, of course, in IL they will just ram it through and their ACORN buddies will ensure enough fraud occurs to get them all re-elected.

  • Brad Smith

    Dan, you’re obviously a “glass half empty” type. All you pessimists keep whining about a 10.2% unemployment rate. By my calculation, however, that means that the “jobs saved” rate is 89.8%. And that’s a glass half full, my friend. In fact, that’s a glass almost 90% full.

    Even if job losses continue at the same pace they have since Obama took office, it will take about 20 years before there are no jobs left in America. How can you complain about that?

    • mschmitt

      Because otherwise it’s intellectual dishonesty on a staggering scale.

      • http://andrightlyso.com/ civil_truth

        Brad often disagrees with conventional RS wisdom, but seems to be willing to defend his positions in a rational fashion – so I don’t really think he’s suddenly lost his mind here.

        Rather, I think he’s as appalled as the rest of us at the rank dishonesty and ludicrous rationalizations that the Administration and its apologists (paid and unpaid) are employing to defend the indefensible.

        • mschmitt

          … we were butting heads a little bit on another thread, and I wasn’t quite sure what to make of him. I follow it now, but at the time — goodness — I wasn’t completely sure!! :)

    • makemyday

      The more real number is somewhere between 17%-18% counting those that have fallen out of un-employment and those that have just quit looking. Add to that figure the jobs lost by companies that have failed and those jobs will NEVER come back.

      The declining un-employment figures which “O” is taking credit for from the stimulus in large part can be derived from the fact the employed labor pool is smaller. There just aren’t the number of employees left to layoff. What comes next will be the increased business failures with massive layoffs because those that are left will have no where to go.

      I see the “Professor of Law” title and I respect your accomplishments and achievements. As President and CEO of a high tech company struggling in this economy and having laid off half of my employees since January 2009 I must tell you that you are mis-guided, delusional, and incompetent to discuss such matters.

      • mschmitt
        • makemyday

          an attempt at light humor it failed. I see nothing funny in it, sorry, I can’t. His posts elsewhere on this site are in the same genre as this one and I couldn’t let it slide.

          • Brad Smith

            especially the reaction.

            Of course it’s mocking Obama. C’mon, guys.

          • makemyday

            The others know you and appear to have had the same thoughts as me in the past. So that being said “I’m sorry”. Any attempt to lighten the atmosphere should be grasped around here I guess because otherwise all we can do is cry.

            BTW, my own daughter is attending Law School at Wayne State Univ. and doing very well. Wants to go into Constitutional Law because, she says, of my influence on her.

    • terrys

      Brad , I read this and had to laugh as this is so profound it is hilarious. I applaud you for your wit on this subject matter.

      Terry Suominen
      Candidate for US Senate 2010