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faustasblog.com - 10/31/2009
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Jake Tapper managed to figure out that $160 billion divided by 1 millin “created or saved” jobs equals $160,000 per job.
And, whammo!
The White House is so shocked at Jake’s finding, they acuse him of calculator abuse .
As if one needed a calculator to figure that one. ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/31/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
Posting its results late this afternoon at Recovery.gov,
the White House claimed 640,329 jobs have been created...
or saved because of the $159 billion in stimulus funds allocated as of Sept. 30. Officials acknowledged the numbers were not exact, saying...
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$160,000 Per Stimulus Job? White House Calls That ...
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blogs.abcnews.com 10/30/2009 — The Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus bill directly saved or created about 650,000 jobs as of the end of last month.
blogs.abcnews.com 10/30/2009 — The Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus bill directly saved or created about 650,000 jobs as of the end of last month.
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Source: [b]AP[/b]
By MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
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Source: [b]Washington Post[/b]
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Factoring jobs indirectly created from the stimulus — not reflected in ...
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