Obama agenda: Stimulus count issues?

Posted: Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:09 AM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: White House

"The government’s latest tally of stimulus jobs counted pay increases for existing workers as jobs saved in a popular federal preschool program, raising fresh questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its $787 billion economic recovery plan," the AP says. "A review of the latest stimulus reports - which the White House promised would undergo extensive reviews to ensure accuracy - found that more than two-thirds of 14,506 jobs credited to the recovery act by Head Start programs involved pay increases."

Another of Barack Obama's half siblings has written a book "in part to raise awareness of domestic violence," the AP notes. "My father beat my mother and my father beat me, and you don't do that," said Ndesandjo, whose mother, Ruth Nidesand, was Barack Obama Sr.'s third wife. "It's something which I think affected me for a long time, and it's something that I've just recently come to terms with."

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SO they didnt really save all those jobs? ccause I saved 2,000,000,000,000 Jobs last night, it was in a dream but hey thats as real as any Job saved by Obama.

What_you_Selling (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:31 AM)

I'm sure some clown will post something like "hey, Obie- where's the jobs" or something simillar.
Just last week, Electrolux decided to cut 800 to 1000 Iowans out of jobs by sending the jobs to Mexico. This goes on all thetime, and has for a long time now. Guess it's cheaper to produce the product down there (or in China). Will all the savings in labor costs go toward lower prices for the product? Fat chance. Will the saving go to into the accounts of the stockholders and 'higer-ups' in the company? Count on it.
So- short of "Obie" outlawing comapnies from outsourcing jobs, what is YOUR answer to lowering unemployment these days?? Don't say "less taxes on teh captains of industry", either. We saw how that has worked the last several years.
And remember- if "Obie" did try to outlaw this practice, the shouts of "commie dictator" would be deafening.

Buzz (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:32 AM)

AS OBAMA SAID, "PASS HIS STIMULUS AND UNEMPLOYMENT WILL NOT HIT 8 PER CENT" ...

AND ANYONE WHO THINKS 10% IS GREATER THAN 8% IS OBVIOUSLY A LYING REPUBLICAN!

P.S. Obama don't do math.

TEN PER CENT UNEMPLOYMENT WAS OBAMA'S GOAL ... (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:35 AM)

Does anyone really believe any of the WH numbers when it comes to jobs saved or created? After so many lies have been uncovered? Like when Obie says 130 jobs were saved but it was proven that the money went to new trucks and equipment. Just one example out of hundreds.

And where is Hairplugs Biden? Wasn't he supposed to oversee the stimulus money and provide transparency?

Keep the Change (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:38 AM)

It's not just stimulus count issues. Obie and his minions have been wrong on just about everything they forecasted. Who believes anything this adminstration says? Especially with tax cheats at the helm. When are you people going to admit that Obie was a mistake?

Andrew (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 9:40 AM)

This story comes out weeks after Beck brought this to light. The whole "saved jobs" thing was crooked from the start.

People need to take there partisan glasses off and look at reality. If the stimulus plan was a huge failure, would Obama ever admit this??? Of course not. If the stimulus plan fails then Obama is finished. So why do we look at this administration for honest answers? They will do and say anything, and make up any numbers to try and show that their plan is a success.

Bottom line: Unemployment is still rising. I don't need to hear anything about how the stimulus plan is working until unemployment is at least back to where it was in the Bush years.

DG, Houston, TX (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:06 AM)

I need someone to explain to me how you quantize a job "saved". How do you count that?

Cicero (Sent Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:16 AM)

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