WASHINGTON — President BO's economic recovery program saved 935 jobs at the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, an impressive success story for the stimulus plan. Trouble is, only 508 people work there...

At Southwest Georgia Community Action Council in Moultrie, Ga., director MN said she followed the guidelines the O administration provided. She said she multiplied the 508 employees by 1.84 — the percentage pay raise they received — and came up with 935 jobs saved.

The Associated Press: STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job

interesting article. one person says they were told to report them as jobs, while other places did not. looks like disorganization. needs to be addressed for sure, but can't be extrapolated that the stimulus didn't provide jobs. look in teaching sector alone for massive results.

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I have no doubt that the stimulus provided some jobs - at least one would hope that hundreds of billions of dollars would provide some sort of employment boost.

To me, this article illustrates something that all governments are guilty of - skewing the statistics in a way that favors their agenda.

Even if the job number was less, I'd have much more respect for the administration if they informed us where and how they were getting their figures.

i think they have released how, i just think that mistakes are being made by people reporting as well lower level people in the admin. then the press jumps all over them and makes them into something bigger than they are. like they did w/ ACORN.

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Trim to Stimulus Carves Into Goals For Job Creation - washingtonpost.com

By the White House's own estimates, the stimulus plan ($789,000,000,000) was going to create 3.5 million jobs (that's $225,428/job).

789000000000/3500000=225428

In the 9-10 months since it began, the White House claims that 640,329 were created or saved. How do you measure how many jobs have been saved? And why does that matter? The stimulus plan was supposed to CREATE 3.5 million jobs (over 2 years), not SAVE 3.5 million jobs. The real measurement of a healthy economy isn't a STEADY 9.8% unemployment rate, it's a DECREASING unemployment rate. You people who supported this deal are being swindled and you're selling the rest of us down the river.

Some more facts:

Big Government Blog Archive Stimulus Job Creation = Bigger Government

HANDING DEMOCRATS THE KEYS TO THE ECONOMY IS LIKE HANDING THE KEYS TO A DRUNK DRIVER. How can they possibly think that boosting the number of public sector jobs can stimulate growth?! Again, I don't think they understand how things work. Government jobs are supposed to be supported by private sector taxes. If you increase the number of government jobs without increasing the number of private sector jobs, it's going to be a problem.

gotta love the quoting of "biggovernment.com"
sounds REAL legit.
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curious to see how things are going to end up being reported and final numbers.

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Feel free to check their numbers. They sited numerous government websites in the article. With the mainstream media under state control, those of us in search of FACTS are forced to resort to alternative media.

lol yes the internet is rife w/ truth!

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but remember that, even when those who move you be kings or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone. When you stand before God you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time." This will not suffice. Remember that.

In Arkie's defense, BigGovernment.com is Breitbart's blog... the articles are linked to legit news sources and actual government websites. BigGovernment was the site that first aired the ACORN videos.

I'm sure the truth lies somewhere between what the administration reports and what the anti-administration media interprets from these reports.

Great info Arkie, thanks.