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Estimate of Mass. stimulus jobs uncertain at best
BOSTON (AP) - State officials overseeing the federal economic stimulus program in Massachusetts say they have no idea how the White House came up with one key pledge—the promise to save or create 79,000 jobs in the state. They say they're not even sure how to measure saved jobs—and fear the ...
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Now, they tell us - Pt II: AP really catching on to Obama math!
Michelle Malkin — ... porkulus jobs numbers proffered by the Obama administration. Well, it looks like the AP is really catching on to this bogus math thing. The wire service has a new analysis of the porkulus jobs numbers being challenged by the state of Massachusetts. The title? “Estimate of Mass. stimulus jobs uncertain at best” Naw! You don’t say! State officials overseeing the federal economic stimulus program in Massachusetts say they have no idea how the White House came up with one key pledge—the promise to save or create 79,000 jobs in the state. They say they’re not even sure how to ...

The Stimulus Bill’s Big Lie is Being Revealed
The Sundries Shack — ... the state of Massachusetts completely mystified by the number of jobs the Democrats say the VBA will create there. “The federal estimate of 79,000, we really don’t know what’s behind that, we just plain don’t,” Jeffrey Simon, Director of Infrastructure Investment in Massachusetts, told The Associated Press. “I’m not saying it’s not 79,000, but I just don’t have any way of knowing that,” he said.… Massachusetts Undersecretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez also attended the Washington meeting and said other states complained that issuing job estimates undercut ...

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