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Obama counts salary raises as "saved jobs." http://bit.ly/2WnhVF #fail 19 days ago |
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STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job: http://tinyurl.com/ygazkpq |
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Obama's new math and counting 'saved' jobs exposed by AP. http://bit.ly/30wI7y 21 days ago |
The Note: Change Election - GOP Finds Hope; Democrats Find Fear; Independents Find Power
The Note —
... Job counting -- AP headline: “STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job.” “If I give you a raise, it is going to save a portion of your job,” HHS spokesman Luis Rosero told Brett J. Blackledge and Matt Apuzzo. ...
Meredith Jessup: AP Points to More Discrepencies in Obama Job Numbers
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... was reviewing the Head Start data "to determine how and if it will be counted." But officials defended the practice of counting raises as saved jobs. "If I give you a raise, it is going to save a portion of your job," HHS spokesman Luis Rosero said. Big props to the AP for staying on the story and holding the administration accountable. I wonder how long before the White House's "reality check" website accuses the AP of "misleading" reporting again. To read the rest of the report, click here .
Obama administration: Raises count as jobs “saved”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... This could only come from people who never worked in the private sector. Almost by definition, an employee in the private sector who gets raises does not face any danger of having their job eliminated. However, according to the Obama administration, salary increases coming from Porkulus count as jobs “saved”: President Barack Obama’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. The Georgia nonprofit’s inflated job count is among persisting ...
ASSOCIATED PRESS: STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job….
Instapundit —
ASSOCIATED PRESS: STIMULUS WATCH: Salary raise counted as saved job.
So easy a caveman can do it
Pundits Blog —
... According to an Associated Press story about how the administration is over counting stimulus jobs “created or saved” they outline an example where a group that employs 508 people somehow “saved” 935 jobs at their organization. ...
John Campbell: Health Care Update: Republican Reading Room
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Factoid of the day: President Barack Obama'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. – Quote from an Associated Press Report on overstating of stimulus job creation by the White House. Pelosi Health Care Update: Last night at 10:07 PM Eastern time, Speaker Pelosi released the latest version of her health care plan. This version added 42 pages to make the total bill now a whopping 2,032 pages. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) had ...
Healthcare update: Republican reading room (Rep. John Campbell)
Congress Blog —
Factoid of the day: President Barack Obama'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. – Quote from an Associated Press Report on overstating of stimulus job creation by the White House. Pelosi Health Care Update: Last night at 10:07 PM Eastern time, Speaker Pelosi released the latest version of her health care plan. This version added 42 pages to make the total bill now a whopping 2,032 pages. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) had ...
Health Care Update: Republican Reading Room [By Congressman John Campbell - D.C. "Beltway" - Flash Report]
The Flash Report Blog and Commentary —
Factoid of the day: President Barack Obama'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. - Quote from an Associated Press Report on overstating of stimulus job creation by the White House. Pelosi Health Care Update: Last night at 10:07 PM Eastern time, Speaker Pelosi released the latest version of her health care plan. This version added 42 pages to make the total bill now a whopping 2,032 pages. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) had ...
Saved Or Created
Peach Pundit —
Heh.
President Barack Obama’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.
The Georgia nonprofit’s inflated job count is among persisting errors in the government’s latest effort to measure the effect of the $787 billion stimulus plan despite White House promises last week that the new data would undergo an “extensive review” to root out errors discovered in an earlier report. ...
Economic Stimulation
Jules Crittenden —
... Never mind the inflated job counts and pay raises counted as jobs saved. I’m still stuck on the subsidies to social service agencies counting as economic stimulus part. That’s not economic stimulus. That’s welfare. AP . I realize in the $787 billion scheme of things, $323 million is nothing. I believe the president of the United States actually said something to that effect. I still think it’s a lot of dough. How about, instead of shovelling in the form of pay raises and bennies to Obama voters, throwing it at some actual productive, revenue-producing sector of the economy. ...
Good enough for government statisticians
Betsy's Page —
Chicago Math -- By: Jonah Goldberg
The Corner on National Review Online —
Hey 9 out of 5 ain't bad.
AP: "WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama'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." ...
Spendulus Failures Updates
Moonbattery —
... “About two-thirds of the 14,506 jobs claimed to be saved under one federal office, the Administration for Children and Families at Health and Human Services, actually weren’t saved at all, according to a review of the latest data by The Associated Press. Instead, that figure includes more than 9,300 existing employees in hundreds of local agencies who received pay raises and benefits and whose jobs weren’t saved.” ...
9 out of 5 ain't bad.
Third Base Politics —
... AP: "WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama'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." ...
US unemployment rate rises to 26 year high of 10.2%. How many jobs has Obama “created or saved now”?
Peoples Press Collective —
... Speaking of “jobs created or saved”, did you see this story about a community organization which reported more jobs created or saved than they have in total employees at the place? When even the AP is shredding Obama’s numbers, you know they must be unbelievably blatant lies. ...
Insulate Your Home With Taxpayer Cash! -- By: Stephen Spruiell
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ; other job totals were inflated when government agencies and non-profits counted raises as new jobs. Scattered construction projects? You mean like the $3.4 million ...
Saved, Created, or Fake? -- By: Stephen Spruiell
Articles on National Review Online —
... It’s hard to blame Pound for sounding exasperated. He makes a valid point: Who knows why a recipient of millions of taxpayer dollars would put a random number on a mandatory government form? It’s carelessness that borders on contempt, and it’s got to be frustrating for the guy in charge of explaining it. It’s not just the phantom congressional districts, either. It’s the nonprofit in Georgia that counted raises for its employees as “jobs created.” It’s the university system in California that ...
Seven Big Lies about the Stimulus -- By: Stephen Spruiell
Articles on National Review Online —
... 1. Raises = jobs: This one turns out to be pretty common. For example, the Associated Press reported that one nonprofit in Georgia used stimulus money to give its employees raises, then multiplied its total number of employees (508) by the percentage points of the raises (1.84) and told the White House that the stimulus had saved 935 jobs. (Its directors said they were just following instructions they received from the White House.) Other nonprofits did the same. According to the AP, this fraud exaggerated the number of jobs created or saved by 9,300. ...
