Congress has lost its mind...

[TheMercenary]

Hey Redux. How about all those jobs the White House claims they made. To bad they can't show anyone how they got their numbers and most experts agree it is more smoke and mirrors bullshit from Rahm.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Hey Redux. How about all those jobs the White House claims they made. To bad they can't show anyone how they got their numbers and most experts agree it is more smoke and mirrors bullshit from Rahm.

The 640,000+ jobs created or saved announced today is from data provided by the states, both red and blue states. BTW, these are separate from the 30,000 private contract jobs announced earlier (where the ap claimed a 10% over-statement).

http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx

Even if they are off by 10%, the numbers dont lie that much.

And its been fun to watch Republican governors (and members of Congress) hold those checks up at public local events and proudly declare they are savng jobs....then go back to their office and bitch about the program.

Given that much of the ARRA money has yet to be spent, creating or saving more than 1-2 million jobs over the 18th month period envisioned in the bill seems about right to me. The talk of 3+ million ...probably not.